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New Delhi: As India and the US prepare to fix an unregulated world of cryptocurrencies, top Swedish financial and environment authorities have called for an European Union (EU)-wide ban on cryptocurrency mining, saying the consumer risks are significant as crypto assets are commonly used for criminal purposes such as money laundering, terrorist financing and ransomware […]
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New Delhi: Despite uncertainties and high volatility surrounding it, Bitcoin has crossed $65,000 per coin for the first time and according to industry experts, the most sought-after cryptocurrency may touch the $100,000 mark by the end of this year. The Bitcoin market cap has touched $2.5 trillion amid its rising adoption globally, particularly in India. […]
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Gangs create WhatsApp groups or directly contact victims through WhatsApp numbers beginning with ‘+44’ and lure them to invest in crypto-currency business
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Hyderabad: A businessman from the city was duped of Rs 14 lakh by cyber fraudsters on the pretext of Bitcoin trading. The man, a resident of Falaknuma, got a message on Whatsapp about bitcoin trading and contacted the sender who identified himself as Nicole. The person told the victim he could make huge money through […]
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Crypto cannot be a currency because the fundamental element of a currency — that it should be a legal tender — is missing in this case
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Bitcoin was recently adopted as legal currency in El Salvador
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Bitcoin has crossed the $46,000 mark (more than Rs 34 lakh for single coin) once again. The most popular cryptocurrency has been trading in the green with a market cap of more than $848 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.
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A company spokesperson told Insider that it was "inspired by the innovation happening in the cryptocurrency space and are exploring what this could look like on Amazon."
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Called ‘TBD,' the new business joins existing payments services like Seller, Cash App and Tidal) "with the sole goal of making it easy to create non-custodial, permission-less
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A hacker group that goes by the name of "Dark Leak Market" claimed, via a tweet, that they have the database of about 15 crore Indians who registered themselves on the CoWIN portal
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The facility will be a proof-of-concept for a 100 per cent renewable energy Bitcoin mine at scale, with the economics of the build-out -- including operational costs and ROI -- made open to the public.
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The hardware wallet will be build entirely in the open, from software to hardware design, and in collaboration with the community, he said in a tweet on Friday.
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While the short volatile period has widely been touted as a course correction (one Bitcoin is currently hovering around $37,000 after touching a record high of nearly $60,000 just a couple of weeks ago)
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Bitcoin is a form of digital currency that is created and held electronically on a computer.
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Musk said that the electric car maker will not sell any bitcoin and intends to use bitcoin for transactions as soon as mining moves to more sustainable energy.
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Dorsey's digital payment services company Square and global asset manegement firm ARK Invest have jointly released a white paper on "Bitcoin as Key to an Abundant, Clean Energy Future".
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The cryptocurrency hit $60,197 at 12:34 GMT and continued to hover around $60,000, according to the website CoinMarketCap.
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"Combined with Square's previous purchase of $50 million in bitcoin, this represents approximately five percent of Square's total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2020," the company announced.
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His comments came after Bitcoin's total market value passed $1 trillion for the first time on Friday, according to data from CoinDesk.
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Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency created in 2009 by an unknown person using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto.