Trump and Brexit Make Bitcoin an Appealing Option for Investors

Trump and Brexit Make Bitcoin an Appealing Option for Investors

In a highly eventful program of events for economy watchers, last week saw UK prime minister Theresa May announce that Brexit was going to mean the UK leaving the single market, Trump being inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, and the European Central Bank announcing that there would be no change in interest rates and no dialling back of current quantitative easing measures. All but the latter were events that have had an impact not just on the currencies that relate to them in the forex markets, but also investments into other things – especially ‘safe haven’....


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