Why Not Invest Your IRA in HoboNickels and PizzaCoin?

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If you’re ready to swap your smelly old greenbacks for a virtual wad of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum are not the only games in town. CoinMarketCap tracks nearly 1,500 forms of digital currency. Their often baffling names offer little clue as to whether a particular form of cryptocurrency is a legit financial instrument or is just yanking your blockchain. A sampling:

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