WazirX, a new exchange, started operating a few months before the RBI order; it launched 35 crypto-currencies for trade
Bitcoin declined as much as 4.2 percent to $5,791.19 on Friday, the lowest level since November,
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
Bitcoin was trading at USD 6,780 yesterday, down from more than USD 7,500 before the weekend
India needs a pragmatic approach towards cryptocurrencies
The court asked the Attorney General to assist the court in this matter
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
The mechanics are there, and so is some volatility
The Barclays model divides the pool of potential Bitcoin investors into three groups: susceptible, infected and immune
Regulatory pressure is mounting in the cryptocurrency space, while major social media platforms are distancing themselves from the industry
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
The strategist studied the virtual currency's 2013 tumble for clues on how it may act this time round
Prasos runs websites such as Coinmotion.com and Bittiraha.fi, through which retail investors can exchange Bitcoins into euros
The price of Bitcoin had fallen more than 13 percent in the 24 hours to 1030 GMT on Friday
Japan's Financial Services Agency ordered two exchanges to halt operations for a month and penalized four others on Thursday
The measures come amid a boom in the price of bitcoin, the world's best known cryptocurrency.
The average number of trades recorded daily has roughly dropped in half from the December highs
The current mining process is indeed resource-intensive and wasteful, but there is no magic fix in sight
Cryptocurrency has become an increasingly discussed topic among jihadist groups in the Middle East
Today's collapse was fuelled by a flood of speculators looking to make a quick buck