Investment manias throughout the centuries have ranged from tulips to tech stocks to housing; is bitcoin different? Illustration/Video: Daniel EpsteinIn 2017, one of the most divisive debates in financial markets centers around the rapid rise of bitcoin. Judging by feedback on The Wall Street Journal’s recent articles about the cryptocurrency, the discussion is only getting more polarized. True believers, emboldened by bitcoin’s more-than-500% surge this year, have fervently denounced...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 15, 2017 10:30 UTC