i would say for 2017, bitcoin at option is interesting to watch. quite expensive? because of the new regulation, there are stricter regulatory requirements. as well as it requires companies to apply for licences. that however has not stopped companies to enter this market. what about the reputation issue because of the collapse of a company making a huge news headlines. as it recovered?m collapsed in 2014. it has at this time left a lot of mistrust and uncertainty in relation to bitcoin. because of big institutions entering the market with strategic investments or announcements of going really into it, i think we now have a market in combination with the regulation that allows for a lot more safety for the end consumer to trade as well is use bitcoin as a means of payment. i guess the big question among players is whether it will be subject to consumption tax. what is your view on that? the new regulation allows for buying and selling of bitcoin to be strictly can set —— exempt of consumption tax. that said, games or profits from trading are still

he's proposed banning bitcoins, energy drinks, assault weapons. high-frequency stock trading, caffeine drinks, powdered alcohol because somebody brought it on the airplane. >> one of the best senators new york is lucky to have him. john: he's the reason people suffer from lack of innovation. >> absolutely not true. john: why should bitcoins be banned? . >> i don't know, i didn't read it. john: it's the idea that if you don't understand something, the government needs to prevent it. john: how about laser pointers? >> i don't know, don't point them at planes. john: our likely next president, hillary, is a big fan of regulation, when philadelphia's mayor proposed a new tax on soda, ms. clinton was quick to praise it. >> i'm very supportive of the mayor's proposal to tax soda. john: should we tax soda? >> no! >> why not? people are fat. >> isn't there a cost to people overusing soda? >> the most bloated organization out there, you want managing our diet. terrible advice about don't eat fat, have carbs, go for high carbs, switch back, don't eat butter,

arguably, the most popular is bitcoin which traits freely. most any user can transfer cash for bitcoin by setting up a digital. fox news saw firsthand just how simple a dark web drug deal is. >> if i wanted to buy a sample pack of heroin, i click, buy no now, log in, create an account, completely and honestly not go to my wallet, give them that, they debate it, in theory, i'm going to get my heroin in the mail. >> i can get it shipped to me in a child's toy, whatever that might be, i can continue to live this lifestyle and nobody will know. but the person at some global point in the world doesn't care about john jones living in rural indiana, do they? all they care about is the bitcoin transaction and getting paid for they do. >> still, law enforcement leaders say that curbing the epidemic begins with telling americans about the dangers since four of every five heroin addicts begins with pills. for their part, scott and shannon doerhoff are starting awareness. they started the william kristen doerhoff foundation enters sharing his story in th

we have heard of this new form of currency called bitcoin. >> they are digital coins that you can sendgh the internet and transferred from person to person via the internet without going through a bank or a clearinghouse. john: this is what you are most excited about we met. >> yes, i am. >> wide? people have been using it to buy illegal things. >> people use cars but we don't want to vanna cars. john: the price of bitcoins went out. >> people kind of chill out and sometimes there is an irrational exuberance but we sorted out. john: you are most excited about in poor parts of the world? >> millions of people, billions, in fact, people who have no land titles or property, while they might have is a phone and they are suddenly empowered. >> that's right, like the predatory government that they live under, for example. john: in zimbabwe they had million-dollar bills because there's been so much inflation. >> yes, the central banks are often far worse than our central banks, which is not the best, but even if we use it here at home and we find it disruptive, if the government is not scared

>> bitcoin. >> they want total and complete control. shuck schumer -- democrats and republicanned. bitcoin is a currency that is not monmerred by the federal -- monitored into the federal government -- i won't get into nsa talk or that. but i occasionally throw on the tinfoil hat and have'm deep libertarian beliefs and civil rights. that said, yes, of course, they want as much control and monitor monetary transactions. there's always been the theory that, next they'll fate out the penny and then phase out the nickel and then -- and i don't know. i always keep a little cash on hand. what else? >> you're bringing up trump having all -- the media calls it trump playing five dimensional chess or another buzz word like that. do you think the trump administration has been a mixed bag with him not doing the internet privacy bill. too you door door do you think he is doing good like repealing the nsa or what you -- >> with respect to the browser data 'er talking about being sold, isp, i would have gone against most republicans on that, and real quick. again, just to recap here as quickly a

what's bad for bitcoin is good for gdx. >> are you saying gold is a minor?u need to wait to get back to u.s. policy difficulties in d.c. and once you start to see that, because i know we're going to see that again, gold ships spikes higher, not with geopolitical, when you talk about iran, talk about syria. >> that's not going to do it for gold. >> i'm not saying it hasn't. so for me, i'm not hoping on something that will change. i think when you see policy fighting. gold seems to spike higher. >> check out squares of qualcomm and american express. they are moving higher. we'll bring you all the details. i'm mellissa lee. you are watching "fast money," first in business world wide. in the meantime, here's what's coming up in the past. >> carmageddon continues. the first decline in 27 years. we'll tell you what it can mean for auto stocks and the market at large. >> do it live. >> actually, bill, we're not going to do it at all. because the king of cable is officially out. we'll tell you what it could mean for the future of fox and shareholders when "fast mone

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over the internet and send them to lopez's house, if lopez did not pay him, in the digital currency bitcoin. state senator lopez released a statement following, following these charge that he is read in party would like to thank all of the law enforcement agencies who participated in the investigation, which has led to the successful apprehension of a prime suspect, in israel. >>> well, children used their brush strokes to raise aware ness for national child abuse prevention month. >> for the first time group of second grade students designed and painted a community mural as part of the painting for prevention project. justin udo from our sister station kyw news radio was in south philadelphia for the unveiling. >> reporter: philadelphia's known for its big murals and their ability to teach us so it only makes sense that some of the cities smaller residents are making a mural to learn about major issues they might face, child abuse and child abuse prevention. >> when someone take a brush stroke and puts it on to a picture, that they know, what it is all about, they make a stand, a statement

he himself made more than £380,000 in dollars and bitcoins. we are going to leave it there for now.s to march, the biggest fall for seven years. what is going on? andy verity gave us more details. partly, you can answer that question by your everyday retail experience. we all go round the shops, we have the same feeling that we used to have, but didn't have for a while. that has gone up. it has gone up. food prices were falling for three yea rs. if food prices were falling for three years. if you look at what is happening to the average retail price, the consumer prices index is up price, the consumer prices index is up by price, the consumer prices index is up by 2.3%. i think we have a different index there. the average pay, up different index there. the average pay, up to 2.2%, is not keeping up with it. we have a renewed squeeze on living standards. we have that squeeze on living standards for four yea rs squeeze on living standards for four years from 2011 until 2015. then wages started outpacing prices. now we are back in the same situation. living standards are being squeezed

. >>> major electronics retailer bic camera has started to accept payments by bitcoin. use the virtual currency in two stores in tokyo. the retail giant hopes to entice foreign users of the currency. >>> and a california murder suspect was released from jail on thursday after posting one of the largest bail amounts in u.s. history. 31-year-old tiffany lee raised $4 million in cash and pledged $62 million in property with the help of family and friends with ties to china. she is charged with the killing of a father of her two young children. >>> and that's your cnbc news update at this hour. sara, back to you. >> weird story, courtney, thank you. >>> the world is reacting to the u.s. launching a missile taatta on syria and that includes russia. bill neely is live from moscow with if very latest. >> reporter: good morning, sara. good morning, everyone. well, russia's response was strong, but actually really rather predictable. vladimir putin the president chairing a meeting today of russia's national security council. afterwards calling the u.s. missile strikes an act of