Bitcoin bursts: Hacker currency gets wild ride




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Summary: LONDON (AP) , It's a promising form of electronic cash free from central bankers and beloved by hackers. It , Bitcoin , may also be in trouble, registering catastrophic losses that have sent speculators scrambling. Although the cybercurrency has existed for years as a kind of Internet oddity, a perfect storm of developments have brought it to the cusp of mainstream use.