A new Minister of Finance has been appointed in Greece a few weeks ago. While that fact may not seem too significant to most of our readers just yet, Yanis Varoufakis – member of Greece’s Coalition of the Radical Left – has formed his own opinion on Bitcoin nearly two years ago. It will be interesting to see if Mr. Varoufakis is still hostile towards Bitcoin and digital currency, or whether his stance has changed over the past 18 months.
“There can be no de-politicised currency capable of ‘powering’ an advanced, industrial society”