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Man behind massive bet that bitcoin could hit $50,000

5:27 PM ET Tue, 26 Dec 2017

Ari Paul, BlockTower Capital CIO and co-founder, discusses buying bitcoin options and what it could mean for the price of bitcoin in the future.

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