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Feedback: Look to the stars for your bitcoin horoscope

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3 January 2018

fortune teller

Paul McDevitt

Fortune teller

TO SPIN a phrase, the best time to buy bitcoin was in 2009, and the second best time is now. The cryptocurrency continues to soar eye-wateringly in value, which makes it useless as a way of buying things, but very attractive as an investment.

This has led to all manner of people trying to discern if this stratospheric rise will continue. And who better to ask than an astrologer? Over at Medium.com Ekaterina Vasyanova, a graduate of the “scientific astrology school”, has turned her keen eye to the fortunes of the world’s favourite decentralised currency.

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