It sounds like science fiction: a digital currency created by a pseudonymous coder helps rescue the world’s largest economy from a sovereign debt spiral. But that’s exactly a conversation that is reaching Washington and Wall Street. The idea is that Bitcoin could be the answer to the US debt problem. And this idea isn’t coming from anonymous internet forums anymore. It’s coming from credible voices. Former Strategy CEO Michael Saylor, asset manager VanEck, and even members of the US Senate are now entertaining the once-radical possibility that Bitcoin could serve as a financial lifeline. Could Bitcoin be more than an ... (full story)