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HIGH street banks are going 'to war' on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin after a spike in fraud, reports the Times One bank will use technology to ban several million customers from buying ANY digital currencies, it adds. Ashley Hart, head of fraud at TSB, said: "Platforms and exchanges are rife with fraudsters, and many do not have proper controls to prevent victims losing large sums of monty. "Crypto is a hotbed for fraud and urgently needs greater regulation and consumer protection. "Anyone approached to invest in crypto should be extremely wary." Despite the warning, Dubaicoin saw its value shoot up 1,000 per cent in just 24 hours despite the price of other cryptocurrencies continuing to fall. The city's government has denied any official link, with the authority even claiming it is part of an "elaborate scam". The dramatic price rise came as the value of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum continue to struggle. Mean...

Meanwhile, the true believers and veterans of the 12 year old digital currency industry insist that the underlying technology is real and transformative and eventually - finally! - ready to turn nothing less than the global financial system and the Internet as we know it on its head. Everyone seems to be getting rich or selling a mark or predicting a revolution. Digital currencies are volatile, risky and prone to bubbles. Countless fortunes have been made and lost. In some cases, many people are already using blockchains - the underlying technology of cryptocurrencies - without realizing or understanding how exactly they work. "Bitcoin mania is not a fad," Wedbush Securities' equity analyst Daniel Ives wrote in a recent release to customers, "it is the dawn of a new era on the front lines of digital currencies." That being said, at least now, cryptocurrency is seen as a good place to park cash. Everyone has read the stories of teenage crypto millionaires - ...

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Dogecoin is a "meme" cryptocurrency that appears to have been created as a joke Yuriko Nakao / Getty Safemoon, a new digital token launched in March, quickly caught the attention of crypto traders. The search for the new cryptocurrency this week peaked on April 20th. The day Dogecoin should rise to $ 1. "SafeMoon is similar to Dogecoin in the sense that it is unclear what use the project has or will have," John Wu, president of Ava Labs, told Insider. Register here for our daily newsletter 10 things before the opening bell April 20th was supposed to be Doge's Day. But instead of seeing their favorite meme-based token rocket at $ 1, Dogecoin enthusiasts watched the social media chatter merge around a lesser-known coin: Safemoon. Safemoon was launched in March and is up around 2,000% in one month, according to CoinGecko. The search for the cryptocurrency this week peaked early April 20 as the momentum behind Dogecoin was set to pick up. The coin...