Cryptocurrency prices are plunging, with holders losing about £300billion of value in under a month. Bitcoin – the most popular form of digital cash – has lost over half its value in just six months – and has fallen by a fifth in the past week alone to about £25,000 on Friday.
More than two million people in the UK are nursing heavy losses and – in the worst cases – some will have lost their life savings.
For sceptics, it’s a major…