Why Does Cryptocurrency Have a #FakeNews Problem?

[Mark Mason]

Why Does Cryptocurrency Have a #FakeNews Problem?

The cryptocurrency industry has a problem with fake news and poor journalism. There’s no getting around this reality, and it affects key perceptions with the space today, leaving lingering misconceptions and investors confused and uninformed about the realities going on in the space. After a recent piece by Bitcoinist spread harmful rumors without concrete evidence (then demanded concrete evidence in order to retract what they published without said evidence to begin with), igniting a firestorm of copycat publications repeating the same inaccurate information without verification, I think it’s time to have a real talk.

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[josephsls]

This is because it is not an accepted currency by governments across the world and because of lack of appropriate regulations, it is highly prone to fake news.

 

[Jim Sanders]

You are right, it has no controlling body or common practice

 

[A2B Frisco]

Absolutely!!