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Albania not immune to bitcoin bubble, experts warn

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TIRANA, Dec. 26 – As the bitcoin bubble continues amid warnings of a crash in 2018, hundreds of Albanians are estimated to have invested in the world’s primary cryptocurrency whose value soared this year, posing them at risk of an expected 2018 crash, experts warn. The digital currency rose to $16,000 on Boxing Day, recovering some of the ground lost in a pre-Christmas rout that cut its price by almost a third in a single day after it fell below $12,000. Bitcoin had risen around twentyfold since the start of the year, climbing from less than $1,000 to as high…

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