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Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell, described it as a "magic moment" for the cryptocurrency and said it had a "clear link" to Donald Trump's election victory.

“I would encourage people to have a Plan B and be flexible,” said Nils Mellquist, a longtime Wall Street investment analyst who’s been laid off several times, most recently in 2022, and is now doing a fully-remote contract role in green-energy finance.

Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell, said: "The Bank of England is now expected to start cutting rates before the US Federal Reserve sharpens its knife and that's led to divergent fortunes for the respective currencies."

Born and educated in the US, the 45-year-old began her career as an investment analyst at Merrill Lynch in London before moving back to join the family business.

"When investors can earn a 5% annual return on safe assets such as government bonds, they are less likely to take chances on riskier plays," Marios Hadjikyriacos, senior investment analyst at forex broker XM, said in a note.