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BITCOIN prices soared past £5,948.30 for the first time, setting a new record and calling off the planned Segwit2x hard fork. Here is the latest bitcoin news and live price updates. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

BITCOIN trades in China have quadrupled since September suggesting a government crackdown is failing. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

THE pound is slipping against the euro this morning as US banks warn they may need to relocate operations outside of London. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

THE City Pub Group is to step up expansion by raising £30 million from a float. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

EUROPEAN Central Bank president Mario Draghi has praised reforms of European banks, seemingly ignoring warnings Italian financial firms may never recoup their bad debts. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

BITCOIN prices were hit with a slight dip after soaring past £5718.75 last week, but some experts are still confident bitcoin could reach £7625 per token. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

CRYPTOCURRENCY Bitcoin is about to be hit the £6,000 mark despite failing £450 over the weekend, according to an analyst at US bank Goldman Sachs. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

UK CHALLENGER bank Aldermore has agreed to be taken over by South African financial services group FirstRand in a £1.1 billion deal. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

THE pound rallied against the US dollar yesterday evening, climbing over half a cent amid fears of possible delays to Trump’s long-awaited tax reforms. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

DONALD TRUMP’S commerce secretary has held out the prospect that Airbus’s acquisition of a majority stake in Bombardier’s controversial C-Series jet programme could have an impact on US tariffs on the plane which threaten jobs in Northern Ireland. Daily Express :: Finance Feed