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An Australian company now pays its employees part of their salary in bitcoin. The head of the start-up Finder believes that this will be the future - even though cryptocurrencies are considered volatile. This year, bitcoin has already gone down more often. My colleague Barbara Barkhausen, who regularly reports on tech topics for a German medium, took a closer look at the new model and spoke to me on the phone.


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An Australian company now pays its employees part of their salary in bitcoin. The head of the start-up Finder believes that this will be the future - even though cryptocurrencies are considered volatile. This year, bitcoin has already gone down more often. My colleague Barbara Barkhausen, who regularly reports on tech topics for a German medium, took a closer look at the new model and spoke to me on the phone.



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