Billionaire Tim Draper's Bitcoin Pitch to Sri Lanka Falls Flat: 'We Don't Accept'
"We don’t want to make the crisis worse by introducing Bitcoin," the Sri Lankan central bank's Governor told the billionaire VC investor.
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