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Despite an initial skepticism, major financial institutions are beginning to become more public with their interest in bitcoin and the blockchain.

French bank BNP Paribas says the technology underpinning bitcoin has the potential to make existing companies "redundant," a huge admission from one of the world's biggest banks.

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