Update: Bitcoin falls below $30,000 on China crypto-crackdown - a podcast by BBC World Service

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The cryptocurrency Bitcoin has fallen below $30,000 for the first time in five months, after China told its banks to stop supporting digital currency transactions. Winston Ma is the author of The Digital War: How China's Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace, and brings us analysis.
Also in the programme, Jason Berry of from the Mental Health Productivity Pilot, which helps employers to understand the link between productivity and mental health, tells us why Bumble's decision to give its employees a week off to 'destress' isn't necessarily a good idea.
Plus Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading in New Jersey brings us up to date with today's movements on Wall Street.

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