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Bitcoin and Bankrupt Mt. Gox Get the Jon Stewart Treatment

Bonus: The return of the Tamagotchi.

By Jason Del Rey
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Jason Del Rey has been a business journalist for 15 years and has covered Amazon, Walmart, and the e-commerce industry for the last decade. He was a senior correspondent at Vox.

After the week bitcoin has had, the digital currency community could use a good laugh. Even if it comes at its own expense.

Well, bitcoin fanboys and fangirls, Jon Stewart is here to oblige with a segment on last night’s “The Daily Show” in which he hands out some free advice for bankrupt bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox.

Here’s the clip.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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