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Investors who had been enjoying a brief rebound in long-suffering UK markets are hunkering down for a stretch of losses as ructions in the pound, government bonds and stocks feed on each other and put Britain at risk of a wave of hedge fund attacks. As global borrowing costs rise in a trend led by the U.S. Treasury market, the UK's high-debt, low-growth economy that just months ago appeared to be shrugging off years of post-Brexit gloom is now viewed as vulnerable to capital flight. Traders now expect months of volatility for the pound, which ended 2024 as the top-performing major currency against the dollar due to optimism that the Labour Party's landslide July election win marked the end of years of political instability.

Nick Coburn was until recently planning to hire more staff. But after companies like his were hit by a £25bn tax raid in the Budget, he is now racing to find ways to avoid redundancies.

Advocates and holders of crypto will soon influence U.S. policy on the emerging technology after a slew of nominations and advisory appointments by President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on Monday. It hopes the incoming Trump administration will mark a shift in policy. David Sacks, Trump's artificial intelligence and crypto czar, is scheduled to attend.

Indexes closed lower on Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling almost 1%, led by a slide in mega-cap tech stocks like Apple and Nvidia.

Technical indicators have showcased most stocks' overwhelmingly negative trading environment over the past six weeks.