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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 […]

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. […]

Gangs create WhatsApp groups or directly contact victims through WhatsApp numbers beginning with ‘+44’ and lure them to invest in crypto-currency business

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 […]

By R Gandhi Cryptocurrencies, or virtual currencies, have caught the fancy of over one-and-a-half crore Indians as per claims of cryptocurrency exchanges. The trading volume in these exchanges has been growing smartly. This is despite the regulatory uncertainty, looming legislative ban and reluctance of banks to provide banking services surrounding cryptocurrencies in India. Even during […]

Bitcoin was recently adopted as legal currency in El Salvador

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.

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."

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

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

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.

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.

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)

Bitcoin is a form of digital currency that is created and held electronically on a computer.

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.

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".

The cryptocurrency hit $60,197 at 12:34 GMT and continued to hover around $60,000, according to the website CoinMarketCap.

"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.

His comments came after Bitcoin's total market value passed $1 trillion for the first time on Friday, according to data from CoinDesk.

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency created in 2009 by an unknown person using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto.