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Bitcoin exchanges now are working on OLX-Quikr model platforms

WazirX, a new exchange, started operating a few months before the RBI order; it launched 35 crypto-currencies for trade

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Updated On : 03 Jul 2018 | 1:08 AM IST

Bitcoin bloodbath nears dot-com bubble burst as many tokens go to zero

Bitcoin declined as much as 4.2 percent to $5,791.19 on Friday, the lowest level since November,

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Updated On : 30 Jun 2018 | 8:04 PM IST

Bitcoin has shortcomings, could break internet: Global banking body

The BIS said cryptocurrencies are too unstable, consume too much electricity, and are subject to too much manipulation and fraud to ever serve as bona fide mediums of exchange in the global economy

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Updated On : 18 Jun 2018 | 8:17 AM IST

Bitcoin at 2-month low after cryptocurrency exchange hack in South Korea

Bitcoin was trading at USD 6,780 yesterday, down from more than USD 7,500 before the weekend

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Updated On : 12 Jun 2018 | 10:09 AM IST

The bitcoin puzzle

India needs a pragmatic approach towards cryptocurrencies

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Updated On : 06 Jun 2018 | 5:59 AM IST

SC backs RBI, bars courts from taking up pleas related to cryptocurrency

The court asked the Attorney General to assist the court in this matter

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Updated On : 18 May 2018 | 2:18 AM IST

The wealthy are still betting in Bitcoin, hoarding $10 billion in bunkers

Argentine entrepreneur Wences Casares has spent the past several years persuading Silicon Valley millionaires and billionaires that Bitcoin is the global currency of the future

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Updated On : 10 May 2018 | 3:57 PM IST

Many people want to short bitcoin but don't

The mechanics are there, and so is some volatility

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Updated On : 10 May 2018 | 3:23 AM IST

Is the rise of Bitcoin analogous to spread of an infectious disease?

The Barclays model divides the pool of potential Bitcoin investors into three groups: susceptible, infected and immune

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Updated On : 10 Apr 2018 | 8:27 PM IST

Bitcoin now below $7,000: Crypto has seen 50% value erosion in 2018 alone

Regulatory pressure is mounting in the cryptocurrency space, while major social media platforms are distancing themselves from the industry

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Updated On : 31 Mar 2018 | 1:13 AM IST

What the world's governments are saying about cryptocurrencies

Most cryptocurrency trading in the U.S. takes place in a legal gray area, a point highlighted by the nation's two top market watchdogs in testimony to Congress in February

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Updated On : 26 Mar 2018 | 11:14 PM IST

Bitcoin's 'death cross' looms as strategist eyes $2,800 level

The strategist studied the virtual currency's 2013 tumble for clues on how it may act this time round

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Updated On : 18 Mar 2018 | 12:23 AM IST

Bitcoin dealer in Finland plays cat and mouse with banks closing accounts

Prasos runs websites such as Coinmotion.com and Bittiraha.fi, through which retail investors can exchange Bitcoins into euros

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Updated On : 12 Mar 2018 | 7:23 PM IST

Bitcoin not a legitimate form of payment: People's Bank of China chief

The price of Bitcoin had fallen more than 13 percent in the 24 hours to 1030 GMT on Friday

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Updated On : 09 Mar 2018 | 6:50 PM IST

Bitcoin steadies amid Japan regulatory clampdown and Binance theft concerns

Japan's Financial Services Agency ordered two exchanges to halt operations for a month and penalized four others on Thursday

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Updated On : 08 Mar 2018 | 4:02 PM IST

After Facebook ad ban, Twitter moves to prevent crypto scams on platform

The measures come amid a boom in the price of bitcoin, the world's best known cryptocurrency.

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Updated On : 08 Mar 2018 | 8:57 AM IST

Bitcoin's plunge in daily transactions stirs questions about its use

The average number of trades recorded daily has roughly dropped in half from the December highs

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Updated On : 03 Mar 2018 | 8:42 PM IST

Energy-sapping Bitcoin mining is here to stay despite the 'wasteful' method

The current mining process is indeed resource-intensive and wasteful, but there is no magic fix in sight

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Updated On : 23 Feb 2018 | 10:34 AM IST

New currency for extremism? Here's why jihadists see Bitcoin as a boon

Cryptocurrency has become an increasingly discussed topic among jihadist groups in the Middle East

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Updated On : 21 Feb 2018 | 9:12 AM IST

Bitcoin plunges 20% to $6,190; experts warn it may drop another 50%

Today's collapse was fuelled by a flood of speculators looking to make a quick buck

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Updated On : 06 Feb 2018 | 11:25 AM IST