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British companies that invested in Bitcoin in 2025 lost £80 million ($106 million) due to its decline, ria.ru reports, citing an article in the Telegraph.
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange spent £360 million on cryptocurrency purchases in 2025. According to the newspaper, they bought Bitcoin at a high price. This means 13 companies purchased 4,300 Bitcoins for $113,100, while the digital currency is currently worth around $88,000. In total, the losses amounted to £79.1 million.
According to the publication, Bitcoin's rise last year was driven by Donald Trump's victory in the US election and hopes that his administration would be favorable to cryptocurrencies.
However, by 2025, its price had fallen by almost 12 percent. The number of Britons investing in Bitcoin also fell from 12 percent to 8 percent.
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The strategic acquisition is poised to boost Amazon’s AWS cloud computing division, enhancing its proprietary Trainium3 AI chips to better compete against market leader Nvidia in generative AI hardware infrastructure.
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