MARKETS

Sterling had fallen overnight against the US dollar following Federal Reserve decision to hike interest rates.

The funding round was led by London-based Balderton Capital.

BTC China, Huobi and OKCoin shut as authorities mull over "comprehensive" crackdown.

Sterling climbs above $1.36 after BoE policymaker suggests rate rise could happen in November.

BoE votes 7-2 in favour of keeping interest rates unchanged but signals monetary policy could soon be tightened.

Cybersecurity pioneer believes bitcoin will spike to a value of $500,000 by 2020

Monero and ZCash are the two most popular virtual currencies as the 'anonymity of transactions' is attractive to hackers.

Dimon's tirade against bitcoin comes as JPMorgan invests in blockchain tech.

Babur Ozden, co-founder of Maana, who works with the biggest names in the oil and sector believes it's wrong to presume the industry trails digitally.

The British currency rallies after inflation expectations fuels interest rate hike speculation

Many in the market are expecting a more hawkish tone from the UK central bank.

British currency also holds firm against major crosses as concern grows over strength of the euro.

Russian majority state-owned company's CEO Igor Sechin says Opec deal has 'no impact' on market.

Publishing and events outfit could sell lucrative emerging markets-focused division.

New research suggests falling renewable energy costs are being complemented by higher efficiencies.

John Cryan says stock, bond and property price bubbles are surfacing all over the eurozone.

Baroness Michelle Mone OBE and businessman Doug Barrowman unveil luxury apartment complex to be bought with Bitcoin

AIM-listed company says it is investigating 'serious' matters pertaining to top bosses but declined to elaborate.

Safe-haven seeking investors pile into precious metals as Pyongyang and Washington spar again.

Lykke partners with CryptoTax to provide customers with country-specific tax reports.

Once the UK is free of "the shackles" of the EU's legal framework it will be free to make substantive changes.

There's a division between the 'haves' and 'have nots' courtesy of wage growth stagnation and erosion of spending power.

Storm Harvey, which has already resulted in several US Gulf coast refineries being shut, continues to disrupt supplies.

Record rainfall causes severe flooding and takes 2.2m bpd of US refinery output offline.

Safe-haven seeking investors drive yellow metal to a fresh high above $1,300/oz

Gasoline prices respond to possible disruption as refineries, ports and exploration sites are closed with "life-threatening" storm in sight.

Details of the unique fund emerge as Riyadh attempts to overtake Moscow as the leading supplier of crude oil to Beijing.

MGT has reportedly mined 1,000 bitcoins since September 2016.

The British currency suffered its worst run against the common currency overnight on signs of a eurozone recovery.