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Has the bitcoin bubble finally burst?
Bitcoin on Wednesday dipped below US$10,000 for the first time since late November

Shares slip as holiday trading holds sway
The S&P/NZX 50 Index dropped 30.98 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 8,211.37

Appetite for risk drives NZ dollar higher
Wall Street has spurred a global rally in equity markets

A2 Milk leads sharemarket lower
The S&P/NZX 50 Index dropped 68.33 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 8,364.9

NZ dollar loses ground on US greenback
The kiwi was trading at US71.64c at 5pm from US71.69c at 9am

Customers furious as Cryptopia halts trading
A New Zealand cryptocurrency trading firm has had to suspend activity due to overload.

Kiwi dollar rises with greenback out of favour
The local currency traded at US71.78c at 5pm versus US71.63c at 8am

Sky TV leads sharemarket lower
The S&P/NZX 50 Index dropped 30.07 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 8,425.48

Last year's losing trio claw back some ground
Metro Glass, Sky TV and Fletcher Building have solid day.

Australia trade data lifts kiwi
The New Zealand dollar edged up against the Australian dollar today.

Chip flaw raises fear of bitcoin theft
Bugs affecting Intel, AMD and ARM processors are understood to be on billions of devices

Global hunt for oil set to slip by $4 billion
The oil price is more than two and a half times higher than the historic low of two years

Should bitcoin owners pay tax?
If you found a bitcoin in your Christmas stocking, should you be worried about tax a bill?

Sharemarket slips in thin holiday trade
Shares slip in thin holiday trades as appetite decline companies offerings.

Pumping oil price may come at a cost
The cartel's role of gatekeeper has been key to breathing life back into oil prices

Hunt on for inventor of bitcoin
Bitcoin this year soared from less than US$1000 to nearly $20,000, before crashing

IRD sets its sights on bitcoin
The IRD may treat crypto-currencies like gold held for profit.

New Zealand dollar gains on greenback
The New Zealand dollar traded at US70.10c at 5pm from US69.89c in New York on Friday.

Air New Zealand leads sharemarket lower
The S&P/NZX50 Index fell 16.71 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 8,344.15

'Why I regret buying bitcoin'
Bitcoin has been hailed as "Gold 2.0", but there's a bit of a problem.

Aussie central bank mulls setting up cryptocurrency
Bank worried a digital currency could hurt Australia's banks

Fracking drives US oil exports to record high
US exports of crude oil, gasoline, diesel, propane and LNG are at records levels

North Korea on the hunt for bitcoins
Brutal regime is taking a keen interest in getting as much bitcoin as possible

Government to launch pipeline inquiry
The Government will hold an independent inquiry into the September outage

New Zealand dollar gaining ground versus Aussie
The kiwi rose against the Aussie after business confidence eased across the Tasman

Sky TV leads sharemarket higher
The S&P/NZX50 Index edged up 3.3 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 8,280.81