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Britain’s Lloyd’s Bank to ban credit card owners from buying bitcoin

LloydsBankingGroupPlcwillbanitscreditcardcustomersfrombuyingbitcoinamidfearsthattheycouldrunuphugelosses,TheTelegraphreportedonSunday.Britain’sbiggestmortgagele

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UK gov't says Bitcoin monitoring should be considered ‘very seriously’

TheU.K.’sprimeministerhassaidthatgovernmentsshouldbelooking‘veryseriously’atdigitalcurrencieslikebitcoinbecauseoftheirpotentialtobeusedbycriminals.Speakinginate

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France and Germany to propose bitcoin regulations

FranceandGermanysaidThursdayplantomakeajointproposalonregulatingbitcoinatameetingoffinanceministersfromtheG20countries."Wehavethesameconcernsandwesharethegoalof

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Bitcoin headed to $100,000 in 2018, says analyst

Bitcoincouldhit$100,000in2018,ananalystwhocorrectlypredictedthecryptocurrency'srallyatthestartoflastyeartoldCNBConTuesday.KayVan-Petersen,ananalystatSaxoBank,ad

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JP Morgan CEO regrets calling bitcoin a fraud

JPMorganChaseCEOJamieDimonsoftenedhisstanceonbitcoinandregrettedcallingthedigitalcurrencyafraud.InaninterviewwithFoxBusinessonTuesday,Dimonsaidheregrettedmaking

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Bitcoin mining power usage comes under scrutiny

TwosourcesatthePeople’sBankofChinahavequelledtherumorthatthecentralbankheldaclosed-doormeetinginordertoshutdownbitcoinmining.Instead,themeetingwasheldtorectifyt

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European Central Bank governor calls for tax, regulation on bitcoin

AtopEuropeanCentralBankofficialonWednesdaycalledforgovernmentstoregulateandtaxbitcoin,labellingthecryptocurrencyanobjectofspeculationandatoolformoneylaundering.

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Bitcoin among year's top searches, Google data says

AccordingtorecentlyreleaseddatafromGoogle,bitcoinmaybeontop.Asdetailedinthesearchgiant's"YearinSearch2017,"anoverviewofwhatwastrendingin2017,bitcoinrankedsecond

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South Korea to impose curbs on digital currency trade

SouthKoreasaidThursdayitwouldbananonymoustradingofvirtualcurrenciesandcrackdownonmoneylaunderingactivitiesusingthem,amidgrowingfearsofabubbleovercryptocurrencie

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Bitcoin plunges below $13,000, heads for worst week since 2013

Bitcoinplungedbelow$13,000(£10,970)onFridayafterlosingaroundathirdofitsvalueinjustfivedays,withthedigitalcurrencyontrackforitsworstweeksince2013afterablistering

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Bitcoin plunges: Is its stunning rally over?

Cracksarestartingtoappearinbitcoin'sbreathtakingrally.Thecryptocurrencyslumpedtoaslowas$13,130onFridaymorninginAsia,accordingtoCoinDesk.com.That'samorethan30%dr

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French finance minister calls for bitcoin regulation debate at G20

FrancewillproposethattheG20groupofmajoreconomiesdiscussregulationofthebitcoinvirtualcurrencynextyear,FinanceMinisterBrunoLeMairesaidonSunday.FILEPHOTO-FrenchFin

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Bitcoin fever exposes crypto-market frailties

AsbitcoinracedtoanotherrecordhighonTuesday,oneofthebiggestprovidersofdigitalcurrencywallets,Coinbase,wentdownundertheweightoftraffic,leavingmanyofitsmorethan10m

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Greek court clears way for US extradition of Russian cybercrime suspect

Greece’stopcourtclearedthewayonWednesdayfortheextraditiontotheUnitedStatesofaRussianman,alsowantedinMoscow,suspectedofhavinglaunderedbillionsofdollarsinthedigit

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Looking beyond bitcoin to the cryptocurrencies of 2018

Whileconcernsoverabitcoinbubblehaveinflatedalongsideitsescalatingprices,investorslookingforthenextbigcryptocurrencyhaveawiderangeofalternativesgoinginto2018.The

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Bitcoin futures launch sparks excitement, warnings

BitcoinwillmakeitsdebutonamajorexchangeSunday,alandmarkforthecryptocurrencythathasgeneratedenthusiasmamongsomeinvestorsandmorethanalittleanxietyfromothers.TheCb

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Bitcoin drops after dramatic gains ahead of futures launch

Bitcoinlostalmostafifthofitsvaluein10hoursonFriday,havingsurgedmorethan40percentinthepreceding48hours,sparkingfearsthemarketmaybeheadingforapricecollapse.Inahec