Would you invest in cryptocurrencies? 6 Minute English

Would you invest in digital money? A new kind of money might be appearing on your screen soon – Libra from Facebook. Sam and Catherine discuss how different it is from Bitcoin and teach you related vocabulary.

You’ll find the transcript on our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-190815

๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฌ:
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๐•๐จ๐œ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ:
๐œ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ
the use of complex codes to keep computer systems and information secure

๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ
the money of a particular country

c๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ
digitally produced money that is not controlled by banks or governments

๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ
being controlled by unpredictable decisions and trends

๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž
well known for changing by a large amount in an unpredictable way

๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž
predictable and without big unexpected changes

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