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The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints over a bitcoin ad placed by crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX (HDR Global Trading).UK Advertising Watchdog Upholds Complaints. The advertising regulator published its decision on Wednesday, saying that it supported the four complaints against the ad that had claimed it “failed to illustrate the risk of the…
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UK FinTech Investment Flying High in 2019. That is according analysis by consultancy firm Accenture, which found that the UK attracted $2.6bn (£2.2bn) in the first half of this year, with the number of deals jumping 25% to 263. However, total global investment fell 29% from $31.2bn to $22bn, largely because there were no giant…
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Venture capital (VC) funding in the UK soared to a record high during the first half of this year, bolstered by a growing appetite for tech investments. Venture capital spending hits all-time high in 2019. Funding in VC rose to £4.3bn during the first half of 2019, rising 45 per cent on the same period…