What next for bitcoin and will it rise again? Listen to the This is Money podcast

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Whatever happened to bitcoin? After the mania at the end of last year when the price spiked to almost $20,000, the cryptocurrency took a 宙返り／暴落する but more noticeably attention has drained away.

You need no greater 調印する of that than 人物／姿／数字s showing bitcoin Google searches are 負かす／撃墜する 90 per cent.

That 追加するs 負わせる to the argument that much of the late 2017 big 脚-up was driven by mainstream punters jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon.

So with bitcoin 大部分は out of the headlines, is that it for the cryptocurrency or is it time to buy for the long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 when things are 静かな?

On this week’s podcast we take a look at who’s buying, who’s 持つ／拘留するing and who might be waiting for the price to rise again and greater fool theory to 配達する someone who will take their bitcoin off their 手渡すs.

Simon Lambert, 物陰／風下 Boyce and Georgie 霜 also take a look at gold ? and why people aren’t buying this 伝統的な form of 投資 大臣の地位 保険 ? and the most 一貫した 投資 信用s of the past １０年間.

And finally, the 政府’s 政策 現在／一般に appears to be to 混乱させる 運転者s as much as possible, with new MOT 支配するs recently joining the car 税金 muddle. Are drivers now 存在 held to 身代金 by mechanics over ‘dangerous’ faults ? surely no garage would do that??

Bitcoin's price in US dollars 急に上がるd last year and 頂点（に達する）d in December before 落ちるing 支援する

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