Bitcoin surges over $15,000 despite 'Dante's Inferno' warning – as it happened

Royal Bank of Scotland’s chairman says central bankers should hang an ‘abandon hope’ warning over bitcoinLive: Friday’s business newsBitcoin likened to Dante’s Inferno as currency tops $15,000$64m in cryptocurrency stolen in ‘sophisticated’ hack 9.13pm GMTTime to recap:life is a highway pic.twitter.com/UebRu0uTXzBitcoin's market cap just passed Visa's.Yes, that Visa:
Largest electronic payment processor in the world
$8.9 trillion in 141 billion transacti