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Bitcoin's (BTC) price has been volatile this week, whipsawing between $59,980 (£48,222) and $64,500 on Friday alone, ahead of the upcoming "halving" event. The Bitcoin halving, occurring approximately every four years, involves a reduction in the number of bitcoins rewarded to miners, creating scarcity and potentially impacting the cryptocurrency's price. It is expected to complete on either 19 or 20 April, with the block reward dropping from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC per block. Previous halvings have spurred on price increases for the crypto-asset. On Friday morning in London bitcoin's price had increased 5.3% over the last 24 hours. Read more: What is bitcoin halving and how will it impact its price? This halving comes after the approval of multiple spot Bitcoin exchange traded funds in January, which has seen billions of inflows into products launched by the likes of Blackrock (BLK) and Fidelity. Oil prices have been on a wild ride this week, with volatility spurred on by rising tensions in the middle east. Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate fell in tandem on Wednesday before spiking again on Friday as energy markets weigh Iran's attack on Israel, and Israel's air strikes in retaliation late on Thursday. Read more: FTSE...

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