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Marloe Watch says time right for crypto payments

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Keeping watch: Gordon Fraser and Oliver Goffe Marloe Watch Company, the Perthshire-based manufacturer, has become the first time-piece manufacturer in the world to accept cryptocurrency directly as payment through its website.Read More

Crypto float

Coinbase valued at $86bn in market debut

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The company helps to trade digital currencies like bitcoin Coinbase shares closed at $328.28 after an impressive debut on Nasdaq , giving the cryptocurrency exchange an initial market cap ofRead More

Money advice

Duffy podcast aims to take cryptic out of crypto

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Jim Duffy: making cryptocurrency ‘less scary’ Scottish Cryptocurrency enthusiast and investor Jim Duffy has launched his debut podcast The Crypto Standard which looks to take the ‘cryptic out of crypto’.Read More

Diversification

Phoenix backs early stage firms with £100m VC fund

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Phoenix will expose investors to new asset class Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, has launched its first dedicated venture capital fund to invest in disruptiveRead More

Call for clarity

Scots remain confused over who sets tax rates

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Many Scots don’t know that Holyrood sets tax rates Scots continue to be unclear about who is responsible for taxation north of the border. More than a quarter (26%) ofRead More

Virtual notes

Cryptocurrency used to pay for school music lessons

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Cryptocurrencies are ‘becoming the norm’ An Edinburgh music school is to start accepting payments from customers in the form of cryptocurrency. Morningside School of Music said it was responding toRead More

Daily Business Live

Boortmalt expands; SBS mortgage record; McGill’s order

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REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 4.30pm: FTSE 100 flat The FTSE 100 dipped in mid-morning trade but rose after Wall Street opened. It closed almost flat, just 4.42 points lower atRead More

On the Money

Why it pays to stay calm amid market fear and greed

Alan Steel
On The Money: ALAN STEEL says the sentiment swingometer points towards team performance, rather than individual players

Cash in decline

Tesco Bank upgrades ATMs as Edinburgh a big loser

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ATMs are in decline Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank has announced that it will renew its ATM network as a new report reveals that the city suffered the second biggest loss ofRead More

Update expected

Cairn shares rise on hopes of India tax settlement

Simon Thomson
Simon Thomson was understood to have met Indian officials Investors in Cairn Energy appear hopeful that the Indian government will comply with an order to hand over $1.2 billion inRead More