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S&P Global Ratings: Cryptocurrency Crash Will Not Impact Financial Markets

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S&P Global Ratings has said regulation and guidance needs to be implemented before cryptocurrencies can influence f... Read more

Mythbusting: How Much Do You Really Know About Cryptocurrency?

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Cryptocurrency can seem like a major minefield, with conflicting information circulating online about how digital curre... Read more

World Bank Chief Compares Cryptocurrencies To 'Ponzi Schemes'

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Jim Yong Kim, head of the World Bank, has become the latest financial voice to question the legitimacy of cryptocurrenc... Read more

Bitcoin Plummets 30% In January As US Derivatives Regulator Calls For Tighter Rules

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In January Bitcoin saw $44.2bn wiped off the $200bn market value generated last year, the largest monthly loss in dolla... Read more

Howard Gold's No-Nonsense Investing: Bitcoin Is Crashing And Could Bottom As Low As $2,000

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Cryptocurrency’s meteoric ride mirrors silver’s boom and bust, writes Howard Gold. Read more

IW Podcast: Unravelling The Hype Around Bitcoin

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In this month's podcast, Investment Week reporters Jayna Rana and Mike Sheen speak to industry figures about the pros a... Read more

Bitcoin Drops Below $10,000 Amid Regulator Crackdown Concerns

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Bitcoin continued its decline on Wednesday falling below $10,000 for the first time since 30 November 2017, on concerns... Read more

Beware If You Are A Speculator: What Wealth Managers Are Telling Their Clients On Bitcoin

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Wealth managers are warning clients the risks are too great to invest in Bitcoin at the current time as demand grows fo... Read more

DeVere Group To Launch Cryptocurrency App In Response To "soaring" Demand

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Independent financial adviser deVere Group is set to launch a cryptocurrency app in response to "soaring" global demand... Read more

Vitaliy Katsenelson's Contrarian Edge: Bitcoin And Cryptocurrencies Are Just The Beanie Babies Of The Moment

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Investment manias get everyone marching — and then the music stops. Read more

South Korea Downplays Talk Of Cryptocurrency Trading Ban

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Amid a flurry of speculation and commentary of a ban, South Korean politicians are trying to clarify the country’s st... Read more

JP Morgan Chase CEO Dimon 'regrets' Bitcoin 'fraud' Comments

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JP Morgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon has gone back on his comments where he blasted Bitcoin a "fraud", by claim... Read more

CryptoWatch: Bitcoin Could Have Been So Much More Than A Foolish Speculation

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Consumers need a cryptocurrency with a fixed exchange rate, writes Gary Smith. Read more

Heed Warren Buffetts Warning: Bitcoin Is Pure FOMO

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Cryptocurrency mania rests on greater fools, writes Mitch Tuchman. Read more

FCA's Bailey: Investors Should Be Ready To 'lose All Their Money' In Bitcoin

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Andrew Bailey, head of the Financial Conduct Authority, has warned neither central banks or the government are regulati... Read more

Could The 'Bitcoin Rush' Trigger The Next Financial Crash?

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At one stroke, there is a new asset class which is an easily divisible store of value – taking the crown from gold, an... Read more

CryptoWatch: Bitcoin Could Bankrupt You, But Could It Trigger A Recession?

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Some fear the cryptocurrency could be a “Lehman moment” that affects how we all make a living, writes Tim Mullaney. ... Read more

NiceHash Bitcoin Heist Sees Theft Of More Than $70m

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NiceHash, a Slovenian bitcoin-mining exchange founded in 2014, earlier this week fell victim to a major hacking inciden... Read more

Tencent Topples Apple, Petro-yuans & Bitcoin Crashes: Saxo Bank's Ten Outrageous Predictions For 2018

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Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has released its ten 'Outrageous Predictions' for ... Read more

Treasury Eyes Bitcoin Crackdown

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The Treasury is set to unveil plans to regulate Bitcoin in the coming year amid fears the cryptocurrency is being used ... Read more