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Updated November 28, The digital currency has seen an eye-watering tenfold increase in its value since the start of the year and has more than doubled in value since the beginning of October. Bitcoin's price has been helped in recent months by the announcement that the world's biggest derivatives exchange operator CME Group would start offering bitcoin futures.
The company said last week the futures would launch by the end of the year, though no precise date had been set. So far, institutional investors have largely stayed away from the market, viewing it as a bubble — too volatile, risky and complex to invest other people's money into. The staggering price increases seen in the crypto-market have led to multiple warnings from central bankers, investment bankers and other investors that it had reached bubble territory. Some say it could prompt regulators in the West to crack down on the market in a similar fashion to China, where bitcoin exchanges were shut down earlier this year.
Bitcoin's biggest rival, Ethereum, has seen even more stratospheric gains this year, up more than 6, per cent. In the grip of acute shortages of US dollars, Zimbabweans are piling into anything they think might retain value. In contrast, bitcoin is seen as a volatile and highly speculative bet for most investors around the world, and many countries have dealt with it differently under their laws. China and South Korea has banned fundraising through token launches also known as initial coin offerings , whereby a new cryptocurrency is sold to finance a product development.
Russia's central bank said it would block websites selling bitcoin and its rival cryptocurrencies. The European Central Bank told EU lawmakers last year, "they should not seek … to promote the use of virtual currencies" because these could, "in principle affect the central banks' control over the supply of money" and inflation.
Yet Japan in April recognised bitcoin as legal tender and approved several companies as operators of cryptocurrency exchanges but required them to register with the Government. First posted November 28, If you have inside knowledge of a topic in the news, contact the ABC. ABC teams share the story behind the story and insights into the making of digital, TV and radio content.
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