The City of London: Driving Bitcoin Forward?
Harriet Dennys, writing in The Telegraph during the Summer, revealed that London has now overtaken New York and Beijing as the global financial center with the most "economic clout," according to a PwC study tracking the development of the world's 30 leading cities. London achieved the number one position in PwC's Cities of Opportunity index with a margin of 55 points, an increase of two places from last year's third-place ranking, placing it ahead of New York, Singapore, Toronto and San Francisco. London enjoys a growing reputation as the World's technological tech hub. The PwC survey....
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