Published on Jan 1, 2014
2013 has been a game changer for the first digital currency Bitcoin - and, increasingly, people are expecting it to go mainstream. Free of government regulations and using peer-to-peer principles - so no middle men - it was once considered the currency only for the tech-savvy. But its price went through the roof this November after the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve said the currency may hold long-term promise.