Bitcoin and Copper in Lockstep Show Chinese Speculators' Power

  • Cryptocurrency’s correlation with metals seen since June
  • Some in copper industry see potential for price falls

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Copper and bitcoin don’t obviously have much in common.

One is an industrial metal, mined by giant trucks and used in everything from computer chips to plumbing tubes, the other a cryptocurrency that’s ’mined’ only in a virtual sense.