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    By Paul Burkhardt13 June 2022

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    By Agency Staff13 June 2022

    The meteoric rise of the digital economy has been exempt from the kind of tariffs that apply to trade in physical goods. That era may come to a screeching halt this week.

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    The value of the cryptocurrency market on Monday fell below $1-trillion for the first time since January 2021, reaching as low as $926-billion.

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