Cryptoverse: Bitcoin passes the bank stress test


FILE PHOTO A representation of bitcoin is seen in an illustration picture taken on June 23 2017. REUTERSBenoit Tessier

FILE PHOTO: A representation of bitcoin is seen in an illustration picture taken on June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

(Reuters) - As crisis stalks the traditional world of stocks and bonds, bitcoin is suddenly looking like a safe haven.

The infamously volatile cryptocurrency seems positively hale and hearty, just as a banking meltdown drives markets into the arms of a recession.

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