Bitcoin is still falling after yesterday’s three-year high January 6, 2017 What a difference a day makes. This time yesterday, bitcoin was on course to hit a three-year high. Today, it's hovering well below $1,000. Yesterday the cryptocurrency peaked at $1,151.03 before promptly falling almost 20 per cent, wiping $180-odd off its value. Today it extended those losses, falling 11 per cent to $895.19. Yikes. Read more: Buyer, [...]
As China’s central bank hauls in several bitcoin exchanges, could governments crush the cryptocurrency? February 8, 2017 Harriet Green, deputy business features editor at City AM, says Yes: If governments like China’s perceive bitcoin to be a threat, they will seek to undermine it. While they couldn’t destroy existing bitcoins, they could destroy demand. Any cryptocurrency is at risk of being made illegal by any government. Granted, users can move underground, but [...]
Gina Miller denies links with billionaire George Soros and Best for Britain campaign February 8, 2018 Campaigner and activist Gina Miller, who successfully brought a legal claim to put the triggering of Brexit before parliament, has denied speculation that she is being funded by billionaire hedge fund veteran George Soros. Her knock-back of claims that Soros may be the deep pockets behind her recent campaigns came as reports emerged today that [...]
Buyer, beware: Bitcoin collecting could dig a hole in your pockets January 6, 2017 The rally in bitcoin over the past week, culminating in its rise to a three-year high yesterday, should provide vindication to policymakers in the UK over their approach to the cryptocurrency. For while other governments have adopted less-than-welcoming approaches to the technology, the UK was embracing it wholeheartedly. As bitcoin began to grab headlines in [...]
Cyber warriors – the frontline defence against digital attacks June 7, 2018 COMPUTER hacking, ransomware, data breaches, fraud: cyber crime is a bigger problem than ever, and is a concern for everyone, from the humble consumer to the largest of corporations. Cyber warfare has even emerged as the latest military battleground – attacks on government agencies have increased, and both China and Russia have been accused of [...]
Cyber warriors and digital crime – chief information officers reveal what is keeping them awake at night in new survey June 7, 2018 Computer hacking, ransomware, data breaches, fraud: cyber crime is a bigger problem than ever, and is a concern for everyone, from the humble consumer to the largest of corporations. Cyber warfare has even emerged as the latest military battleground – attacks on government agencies have increased, and both China and Russia have been accused of [...]
Editor’s Notes: Time to wake up to your own online data dump March 23, 2018 Having spent the past decade pouring my every opinion and interest on toFacebook, I find myself outraged to discover that the data generated by my self-obsessed oversharing has been used to try and sell me things. Worse, political campaigns have been using my deep data footprint to try and target me with campaign messages. This [...]
Gold prices have hit a three-month high on a weaker US dollar January 2, 2018 Gold has started 2018 on a positive note as the yellow metal’s price rose to its highest in more than three months today. Gold futures rose 0.31 per cent to $1,313.30 per troy ounce this morning after breaking the psychologically important $1,300 mark on Friday. The precious metal, a safe haven asset, benefited from a [...]
Bitcoin just took a major dive after nearing all-time high January 5, 2017 Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Anyone thinking of dipping their toe in the water of investing in bitcoin might want to have a rethink. A steady rally towards all-time highs for the cryptocurrency in recent weeks has veered totally off course, crashing as much as 20 per cent on Thursday [...]
If water firms still use ‘diving rods’, what magic should investors believe in? December 29, 2017 With Santa Claus steeling himself to fill the stockings of more than two billion children in a matter of hours last Sunday night (NB: figures not adjusted for final naughty/nice calculations), Christmas is traditionally a time of magic or, perhaps, the willing suspension of disbelief. However, we do wonder if there is enough of either [...]