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The Bank of England has ordered the bosses of banks and other financial companies to strengthen checks on crypto-assets such as Bitcoin and not to link pay to risky dealing in those instruments.
US investment bank giant Goldman Sachs is exploring the possibility of expanding the cryptocurrency trades that it currently handles, according to chief operating officer David Solomon.
As much as half of the Bitcoin boom in 2017 may have been part of a campaign of price manipulation, according to a new paper by John Griffin, an academic known for his ability to spot fraud in financial markets.
