Analysis of News relating to the Digital Money Ecosystem

To coin a craze: Silicon Valley's cryptocurrency boom - Financial Times

13/09/2017 Link to source

To coin a craze: Silicon Valley's cryptocurrency boom The value of Ripple — at five years, a cryptocurrency veteran — soared this year on a wider boom that was led by bitcoin. Ripple's notional value, including coins held by the company for later sale, jumped from $500m at the start of the year to more ... Bitcoin investors could lose all their money, FCA warns | Business ... The Guardian Cryptocurrency chaos as China cracks down on ICOs Reuters UK watchdog warns consumers on cryptocurrency fundraisings CNBC Interactive Investor  - Money Observer  - This is Money  - FCA all 104 news articles »

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	China The People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country. Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China has become the world's fastest-growing major economy.
	United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.
	Ripple Labs Inc Ripple is a cryptocurrency that was invented and developed by a group of programmers at Ripple Labs, Inc. A beta version was released in 2013 and made open source.
	Virtual Currency Virtual currencies, also known as crypto currencies are a form of digital means of value transfer.
	Virtual Currency Virtual currency differs from electronic money as the currency has no physical counterpart with legal tender status. The schemes, of which Bitcoin is the most well known are generally based on a peer-to-peer network.
	Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) FCA was earlier called Consumer Protection & Markets Authority. It is a regulatory body operating in UK. Formed as one of the successors to the Financial Services Authority. The agency will regulate financial firms providing services to consumers a
	Ripple Labs Inc Ripple is a cryptocurrency that was invented and developed by a group of programmers at Ripple Labs, Inc. A beta version was released in 2013 and made open source.
	Bitcoin Foundation The Bitcoin Foundation was launched in September 2012 to accelerate the global growth of bitcoin through standardization, protection, and promotion of the open source protocol.
	Bitcoin Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority.
	Ripple Ripple is a cryptocurrency that was invented and developed by a group of programmers at Ripple Labs, Inc. A beta version was released in 2013 and made open source.
	Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency is the term used to refer to virtual currencies such as Bitcoin.
	Investment This topic issues that are of importance to investors and venture capitalists interested in investing in Digital Money Initiatives.
	Digital Money in China 2015 An immense change has taken place in mainland China over the last 5 years over which we have carried out in-depth studies of this market. This positioned China as the largest online retail market in the world, and a leader in the use of Digital Money.
	Bitcoin Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collect
	Ripple Ripple is a cryptocurrency that was invented and developed by a group of programmers at Ripple Labs, Inc. A beta version was released in 2013 and made open source.

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