Market news: UK plans to ban consumers from borrowing to purchase cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin

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The UK financial regulatory agency plans to prohibit retail investors from borrowing money to invest in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, as it attempts to bring the rapidly growing digital asset market under regulatory scrutiny for the first time. The restrictions on cryptocurrency purchase loans are part of a series of comprehensive rules released by the UK Financial Conduct Authority on Friday, just a few days after the government proposed legislative plans for the digital asset market.

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