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ESTONIA could launch a digital currency to rival bitcoin in an effort to boost its digital citizenship programme. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

CRISIS-hit Venezuela has inadvertently creating an army of bitcoin miners, who are desperately hunting the coins in an effort to support themselves. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

HOME insurance premiums are rising at the fastest rate for three years as Government tax rises take effect, new research has found. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

CHINA’S debt levels are rising by billions of pounds to fund a gigantic ‘belt and road’ infrastructure programme, which could take down the world economy if it fails, experts have warned. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

BRITISH firm Automotive Macliver, the world’s only maker of multiple child car seat sets for bigger families, is bumping up production as demand doubles. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

THE pound is sitting at its lowest levels against the euro since around 2009, amid forecasts that sterling is set to reach parity against the eurozone currency. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

PERSIMMON’S shares hit a 2601p high, up 45p, as it beat profit forecasts. Half-year pre-tax profits at the blue-chip builder grew by 30 per cent to £457.4 million on 12 per cent higher revenue of £1.66 billion. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

WPP’S hard sell fell on deaf ears as more than £2billion was wiped from the advertising giant’s value after it slashed its growth forecast for the second time this year. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

ONLINE gambling group GVC has failed with a £3.6 billion takeover punt on bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

PROVIDENT Financial shares have gone into free fall leaving hundreds and thousands facing financial hardship. Daily Express :: Finance Feed