Central Banker Courts Controversy Over Bitcoin 

Eastern Europe Newsletter: Central Bank Courts Controversy Over Bitcoin – BloombergA sign outside a cryptocurrency exchange office in Prague.Photographer: Milan Jaros/BloombergBy and Hi, this is Peter Laca and Krystof Chamonikolas in Prague. Welcome to our weekly newsletter on what’s shaping economics and investments from the Baltic Sea to the Balkans. You can subscribe here.Ales Michl is no stranger to a bit of controversy. Since becoming the Czech central bank governor two and a half years ago, he upended monetary policy in the middle of the worst inflation crisis for decades, chased profits in the stock market and expressed his desire to build a national “gold treasure.”