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Singapore Exchange aims to become Asia's benchmark for bitcoin pricing
SGX's iEdge Bitcoin Index and iEdge Ethereum Index will use inputs from exchanges determined by CryptoCompare
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From Minecraft trick to Twitter hack: A Florida teen's troubled online path
The teenage 'mastermind' of the recent Twitter breach, who had a difficult family life, poured his energy into video games and cryptocurrency
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The big hack
Some people fell for the scam and transferred bitcoins equivalent to about $120,000 to the referred wallets
Twitter hack hits Obama, Biden, Musk in Bitcoin scam; stock sinks
Others whose Twitter accounts were caught up in the security incident included Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Uber Technologies Inc, Apple, and Michael Bloomberg
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Rajasthan crisis LIVE: Ashok Gehlot to address media at 9 am in Jaipur
Petition filed in Rajasthan HC on behalf of Sachin Pilot camp over disqualification notice from Assembly speaker. Stay tuned with Business Standard for all latest news updates.
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Twitter handles of Obama, Biden, Musk hacked to solicit digital currency
Twitter prevents at least some verified accounts from publishing messages after 'worst hack of a major social media platform'.
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Expecting a spike in bitcoin price? Investors say it may take time
There were some expectations that bitcoin would soar, similar to what happened after the two previous adjustments as the "halving" effectively decreased its supply
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Bitcoin goes through third 'halving', falls vs USD; outlook remains upbeat
Monday's "halving" cuts the rewards given to those who "mine" bitcoin to 6.25 new coins from 12.5. The next halving will be in 2024.
Bitcoin 'halving' to shore up market value with steady demand: Experts
The previous events fueled huge rallies in bitcoin's market value, but there is a wildcard this time in the form of the coronavirus pandemic, some analysts said.
Bitcoin is like a poetry, can bring a sea change in the world: Jack Dorsey
Dorsey has also hired Bitcoin developers for his payments company, Square
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Time for gold and its virtual cousins
Until there is clarity about the type and extent of economic recovery, cryptos will also do well
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Bitcoin a currency or commodity? Regulators grapple with classification
The debate may appear abstract, with little bearing on the hard-boiled world of finance, but it is attracting increasing interest from economists and lawyers
An African monetary union worth watching
Member-countries will need to work much harder to come anywhere close to the integration they are visualising with the common currency project. It is an important milestone in world monetary history
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China's own Bitcoin: A roller-coaster ride for money, politics is beginning
The digital yuan can disrupt both traditional banking and the post-Bretton Woods system of floating exchange rates.
The start-up that brought blockchain to Indonesian elections enters India
Belgian firm SettleMint, which has a sizeable presence in Europe, West Asia and Singapore, expects 20-25% of its revenues coming from India in the next three years
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Bitcoin surges 15% to $8,574 in bounce back from lowest in five months
Cryptocurrencies may also get a boost after China's state-owned news agency Xinhua reported the country plans to speed up development of blockchain technology and industry
After bitcoin crackdown, China now wants centralised digital currency
China was once a stronghold of bitcoin
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UP Police to expand cyber crime wings following spurt in online frauds
Senior police officials instructed to complete the preliminary rollout of the cyber cells by October 15
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RBI banned cryptocurrency deals on moral grounds: IAMAI to Supreme Court
Apex court begins final hearing in challenge against RBI ban on dealing in virtual currencies
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Bitcoin surges past $11,000 while stocks plunge on trade war fears
The largest cryptocurrency surged as much as 14 per cent from Friday's close and traded at $11,809 at 10:35 a.m. in New York
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