Bitcoin was no refuge on a day when investors needed a place to hide while the mutant virus battered global financial markets. The new strain of COVID19 first reported in South Africa is being investigated in countries throughout Europe and the Middle East. Over 60 new COVID19 infections are being investigated in the Netherlands, and three cases of Omicron have been reported in Israel from people who haven’t traveled abroad. Across the world, governments are tightening travel restrictions to southern Africa. US travel advisories are being upgraded to warnings, and the U.K. is adding four more nations to its “red ... (full story)