{"id":23581,"date":"2016-08-22T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-bitcoin-the-answer-if-traditional-investments-are-letting-you-down\/"},"modified":"2016-08-22T13:10:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T06:10:38","slug":"is-bitcoin-the-answer-if-traditional-investments-are-letting-you-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-bitcoin-the-answer-if-traditional-investments-are-letting-you-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Is bitcoin the answer if traditional investments are letting you down?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe cryptocurrency has a volatile past, but is now being traded around the world. Here\u2019s the lowdown on going digital with your moneyLooking at the negligible returns offered on cash investments, Edward Cunningham started searching for alternatives. Instead of going to the stock market or buying up gold bars, however, the 45-year-old from Sherborne in Dorset turned to the internet, and last September invested in the digital currency bitcoin. Since then his stake has more than doubled.Bitcoin is a paperless, bankless, stateless currency which exists on computers, and carries with it a whiff of peril for investors. Cunningham admits to being nervous when he first signed up to trade in the currency, especially when he had to make his first deposit via a bank in Estonia. \u201cIt all turned out well and I bought my first coins for $225 each, well below today\u2019s price of around $575,\u201d he says. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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