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The Ethereum price has risen 269pc this year Credit: lucadp/lucadp Ethereum is well known in the cryptocurrency world but lacks the star status of Bitcoin among mainstream investors.  It is second to Bitcoin in terms of market value, at £220bn compared with Bitcoin’s £520bn. Like Bitcoin its price has been knocked from an all-time high, and fell yesterday after Chinas central central bank warned financial firms about accepting cryptocurrencies as payment. But it has recovered some of that...

The Ethereum price has risen 145pc this year Credit: lucadp/lucadp Ethereum is well known in the cryptocurrency world but lacks the star status of Bitcoin among mainstream investors.  It is second to Bitcoin in terms of market value, at £145bn compared with Bitcoin’s £750bn, but its price has risen even more quickly this year, up 145pc versus 100pc for Bitcoin.  One Ethereum token now costs $1,770 (£1,270) not far off its all-time high of $2,000. But what exactly is it, will its price ...