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BEIJING, China (AFP) — Bitcoin tumbled more than 10 per cent Monday after China broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province. Chinese mines power nearly 80 percent of the global trade in cryptocurrencies despite a domestic trading ban since 2017, but in recent months several provinces have ordered mines to close as Beijing turns a sharp eye to the industry. Authorities in the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The pound held steady Wednesday and demand for higher-yielding currencies picked up as traders considered a meeting of Japanese officials and the possibility of fresh stimulus to counter the impact of Britain’s EU exit. In Tokyo, sterling bought $1.3328 slightly down from $1.3340 in New York where it had made gains after plunging to a 31-year-low $1.3121 earlier in the week. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko […]
