That news would probably affect the people here in the Philippines. Since lots of us are still exploring to bitcoin, it would really affect many of us and could also cause to not invest in bitcoin to some.
True, more and more people see negative about Bitcoin because of that happens, and they think that bitcoin is a scam.
This is because also on how the reporter introduce the Bitcoin to the viewers, they said Bitcoin is scam. That is why many people thinks that it is a real scam. So I am better to read in the site relate in Bitcoin than to listen in media.