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World Service,29 Dec 2017,53 mins

Latest on Bitcoin Post South Korea Crackdown

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The value of Bitcoin fell after South Korea announced new crypto-currency rules. Garrick Hileman Economics Historian at the London School of Economics assesses the latest developments. Also in the programme, Portugal are being blamed by Venezuela for depriving its people of their traditional seasonal pork, David Smilde, senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America tells us the latest from the capital, Caracas. Plus we find out why the early style of rock and roll music, known as rockabilly, is enjoying a comeback. (Picture: A Bitcoin in a tangle of wires. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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