Is a bitcoin allocation a diversification ‘cheat code’?
A 1% allocation to bitcoin in a 60/40 portfolio could have added an annualised 0.67% to returns over the last 11 years
Cryptocurrency
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FCA fines Coinbase UK subsidiary £3.5m for onboarding high-risk clients
CB Payments Limited onboarded more than 13,000 high-risk clients who executed $226m worth of transactions
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Duo jailed for six years over £500,000 cryptocurrency scam
As the FCA secures confiscation order against convicted investment adviser
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FCA cracks down on ‘wild west’ of crypto advertising
But concerns remain over the regulator classifying the asset as a Restricted Mass Market Investment
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Just one-in-10 Brits have a good understanding of cryptocurrencies
But nearly a quarter said they would consider getting into debt to buy them
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US seizes $112m from cryptocurrency investment fraudsters
‘Vicious’ scams have ‘devastated families and cost individuals their life savings’
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Are digital assets a diversifier or a danger zone?
They ‘won’t be going away anytime soon’
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SFC eyes tougher regulations for virtual asset trading platforms
In a bid to make sure investors are ‘adequately protected and key risks are effectively managed’
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Fraudsters jailed in £21m international crypto case
They exploited a loophole on an Australian cryptocurrency exchange
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Five charged over roles in $45m global Crypto scheme
‘Defendants enriched themselves while defrauding tens of thousands of retail investors’
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Is it time for retail investors to back Bitcoin?
A year since the digital coin reached its all-time high is it the right time to consider an allocation?
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Four charged over roles in $295m global crypto Ponzi scheme
Investors were told they would receive minimum returns of 0.35% daily