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Bitcoin’s worth reached an all-time excessive final week amid a bull run for main cryptocurrencies, days earlier than a ban on gross sales of some cryptoassets to UK retail buyers comes into impact.
The worth of a single bitcoin surpassed £17,000 on Friday, and has risen fourfold since March, whereas different cryptocurrencies equivalent to litecoin, ethereum, XRP and bitcoin money have additionally made features in latest months.
The currencies will be purchased partially or in full by way of on-line exchanges, and are extremely unstable. They’ve been buoyed not too long ago by opportunistic buyers who hope bitcoin will turn out to be extra mainstream. From subsequent 12 months, for instance, PayPal plans to permit its customers within the US to pay with bitcoin.
From January the Monetary Conduct Authority, the Metropolis regulator, will
