{"id":67896,"date":"2017-10-01T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T06:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/will-bitcoin-ever-be-a-safe-investment-or-always-a-gamble\/"},"modified":"2017-10-01T14:04:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T07:04:43","slug":"will-bitcoin-ever-be-a-safe-investment-or-always-a-gamble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/will-bitcoin-ever-be-a-safe-investment-or-always-a-gamble\/","title":{"rendered":"Will bitcoin ever be a safe investment or always a gamble?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nDemand is increasing, alongside criticism, so if you want to get involved in the cryptocurrency then awareness is key. Shane Hickey reportsThe boss of JP Morgan was unequivocal about bitcoin at a recent conference in New York: the digital currency was only fit for drug dealers and would eventually blow up. \u201c[It] isn\u2019t going to work,\u201d said Jamie\u00a0Dimon. \u201cYou can\u2019t have a business where people can invent a currency out of thin air and think that the people who are buying it are really\u00a0smart.\u201dA few days after Dimon\u2019s comments, the value of bitcoin plunged when the Chinese authorities announced a crackdown on it. It has been an eventful month, even in the context of a currency that is less than a decade old. Since the start of the year the value of a single bitcoin has gone from $1,000 (\u00a3750) to almost $5,000. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/oct\/01\/will-bitcoin-ever-be-safe-investment-gamble\" target=\"_blank\">Will bitcoin ever be a safe investment or always a gamble?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Demand is increasing, alongside criticism, so if you want to get involved in the cryptocurrency&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-hF6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":73497,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bitcoin-is-a-concern-but-not-a-currency-says-city-watchdog-chief\/","url_meta":{"origin":67896,"position":0},"title":"Bitcoin is a concern but not a currency, says City watchdog chief\u00a0","date":"December 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Bitcoin is a concern but not a currency, says City watchdog chief\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":81674,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bitcoin-is-failing-as-a-currency-and-must-be-held-to-higher-standards-says-carney\/","url_meta":{"origin":67896,"position":1},"title":"Bitcoin is failing as a currency and must be held to higher standards, says Carney","date":"March 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Bitcoin is failing as a currency and must be held to higher standards, says Carney","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":80030,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dubais-first-licensed-bitcoin-trader-its-a-commodity-not-a-currency\/","url_meta":{"origin":67896,"position":2},"title":"Dubai&#039;s first licensed Bitcoin trader: &#039;It&#039;s a commodity not a currency&#039;","date":"February 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ksenia Kiseleva of DMCC-licensed Regal RA talks regulation, storage and eliminating the dark side of cryptocurrencies\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Dubai's first licensed Bitcoin trader: 'It's a commodity not a currency'","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23581,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-bitcoin-the-answer-if-traditional-investments-are-letting-you-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":67896,"position":3},"title":"Is bitcoin the answer if traditional investments are letting you down?","date":"August 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The 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,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":74942,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bitcoin-is-the-most-crowded-investment-in-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":67896,"position":4},"title":"Bitcoin is the &#039;most crowded&#039; investment in the world","date":"December 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The soaring digital currency topped the list of \"most crowded trades\" \u2014 a measure of sentiment on which a popular investment could quickly reverse its gains \u2014 in Bank of America Merrill Lynch's December global fund manager survey released Tuesday.\r \r Source : cnbc.com\r Read more...Bitcoin is the 'most\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65430,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/london-developer-to-allow-rental-tenants-to-pay-deposits-in-bitcoin\/","url_meta":{"origin":67896,"position":5},"title":"London developer to allow rental tenants to pay deposits in bitcoin","date":"September 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The Collective says there is international demand to accept cryptocurrency, and will take it for rent payments from autumnA London property developer is to allow its tenants to pay their deposits in bitcoin \u2013 the first time the controversial virtual currency has been used in the UK residential homes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}