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Chancellor Philip Hammond downgrades economic forecasts and unveils appealing policy morsels.

Index closed at 30,003.49, breaching the 30,000 threshold for the first time since the financial crisis.

British GDP expected to come in at 1.5% for 2017, falling further until 2020.

TOBAM has about $8.8bn in AUM and counts the California Public Employees' Retirement System as a minority shareholder.

Tether said it is now attempting to get the stolen funds back and also ensure that the hacker cannot spend the money.

A combination of aggressive acquisitions and expansion initiatives have transformed the petrochemical company in a matter of years.

Political developments spark another intraday rally keeping the British currency firmly in positive territory.

New strategic investment enables faster blockchain deployments with Japanese businesses.

Collapse of coalition talks in Eurozone's biggest economy weighs on the euro ahead of next round of Brexit talks.

Official data reveals visitor numbers rose by 5% as tourists took advantage of the British currency's dip.

Bram Cohen explains how proofs of space and time can solve the sort of ASIC centralisation you find in Bitcoin.

After a careful analysis of the situation, the Parity confirmed that it was first made aware about the potential dangers of a coding vulnerability months before the incident.

Anti-virus pioneer John McAfee has signed a partnership with Hacken, an Eastern European cybersecurity start-up built upon a new form of cryptocurrency, IBTimes UK can reveal.

Commentators bemoan the British currency's unpredictability as political and economic headwinds make life difficult for forecasters.

Sterling tumbles against its main rivals amid growing uncertainty over the government's future and Brexit negotiations.

Investment vehicles created to encourage sustainability projects have seen their global popularity soar, report says.

Last week, over 580 Parity wallets containing millions of dollars worth of Ethereum were mysteriously locked down and inaccessible.

The price of oil has risen quickly over the last week or so. However, substantial evidence indicating fundamentals have changed to justify such a speedy increase is yet to emerge.

Software rollout also doubles Dash transaction capacity; which is now 8 times the capacity of Bitcoin.

The quarterly State of Blockchain Report cross-referenced over 100 public-facing candidates to generate the Top 5 Traders and Top 5 Analysts of 2017.

Approximately $280m worth of the cryptocurrency Ethereum has been frozen in time – and potentially lost forever – after a critical bug was accidentally triggered.

The man on the street still doesn't know what bitcoin actually is, despite the huge growth it has experienced.

Two of the UK's 'Big Six' energy companies hope to form a mammoth supplier serving over 12 million households.

A Reddit user claimed that the UFC site is running the Coinhive javascript and secretly mining cryptocurrency.

Yao Qian, who is leading the research work for cryptocurrency at China's central bank, on 4 November stressed on the need of digital legal tender.

Sterling climbs against euro and dollar as it pares losses incurred in the aftermath of Bank of England's historic rate hike.

With the interest rate hike already priced in, the sterling saw some serious intraday selling.

UK central bank expects economic growth to fall from 1.7% this year to 1.6% in 2018 before picking up again.

UK central bank delivers first rate rise in a decade and reverses 0.25% cut introduced in the wake of the Brexit vote.