FTSE 100 hits record high; Bitcoin falls as South Korea announces crackdown - as it happened

All the day’s economic and financial news, as South Korea pledges new regulations on cryptocurrency tradingLatest: FTSE 100 creeps higherSouth Korea bans anonymous cryptocurrency accounts
Regulators could close virtual coin exchanges
Money-launderers to face ‘maximum sentences’Analyst: Regulators fear a crashBitcoin sheds $1,000, as it drops back to $14,000 5.27pm GMT The FTSE 100 may have hit a new closing peak, supported by rising commodity prices, but it was a more mixed pic