{"id":12827,"date":"2013-11-26T07:04:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T06:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=12827"},"modified":"2013-11-26T07:04:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T06:04:14","slug":"bitcoins-on-amazon-gold-in-the-marketplace-is-currency-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/bitcoins-on-amazon-gold-in-the-marketplace-is-currency-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoins on Amazon, Gold in the Marketplace, Is Currency Out?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may be able to use bitcoins on Amazon and Ebay.\u00a0 Will gold be next?<\/p>\n

An Indian man in Bangkok\u2019s Chinatown bought two god bracelets on Yaowarat Road in Bangkok for $15,000.\u00a0 In his native Mumbai they are worth $16,500. They can travel in a computer bag or \u201cif you are really worried about customs\u201d, he says pointing at a shop which sells plain golden necklaces, \u201cyou buy those and put them around your wife\u2019s neck.” \u00a0Earlier this year the Indian government imposed quotas and increased taxes on gold imports, but it takes more than that to limit Indians\u2019 love of gold. Although the country\u2019s statisticians report that Indians officially buy a lot less of the precious metal\u2014148.2 tonnes from July to September, a third less than in the same period last year\u2014there has been a surge in gold smuggling. \u00a0Bitcoins and Gold as a Currency or Commodity Exchange<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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You may be able to use bitcoins on Amazon and Ebay.\u00a0 Will gold be next? An Indian man in Bangkok\u2019s Chinatown bought two god bracelets on Yaowarat Road in Bangkok for $15,000.\u00a0 In his native Mumbai they are worth $16,500. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t