Page 31 - Latest Updates on Bitcoin
Bitcoin: SC seeks Centre's response on plea to regulate virtual currency
The plea, filed through advocate P N Razdan, also sought responses from the Income Tax department and the Enforcement Directorate
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Why did bitcoin prices crash? 4 factors that determine its volatility
Economists have long had a notion that psychological factors affect investor decisions
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Bitcoin tumble erases $38 bn as rival cryptocurrency gains
The cryptocurrency has dropped 5.6% since late Friday, and at one point extended its slide from last week's record to as much as 29%
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Think Bitcoin's getting expensive? Try Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans turning to Bitcoin as local dollars collapse; Harare Bitcoin price almost twice as much as elsewhere in the world; cryptocurrencies used for overseas payments
 "Think Bitcoin's getting expensive? Try Zimbabwe")
Bitcoin trade to be hit in India? Govt may shut down cryptocurrency dealers
According to market experts, banning cryptocurrency dealers or exchanges would not work
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Bitcoin hits new all-time high of $6,450
CME Group Inc said it would provide a regulated trading venue for the cryptocurrency market
Your computer may be making Bitcoin for hackers
Spike in value of digital currencies gives cybercriminals a new way to earn money that is less disruptive than ransomware
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Crypto-fool's gold?
The long history of currency tells us that what the private sector innovates, the state eventually regulates and appropriates
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Why investors view bitcoin as a risky investment despite a ten-fold price surge
Bitcoin's total value, or market capitalisation, is close to $100 billion, bigger than US investment bank Morgan Stanley
Bitcoin nears $6,000; gains 500% in 2017
This comes just three days after bitcoin suffered its biggest one-day drop in a month on rising concern that regulators are increasingly targeting digital currencies
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Bitcoin can now buy you citizenship in the world's happiest countries
Vanuatu, a South Pacific archipelago of some 80 islands, will now let outsiders use the volatile cryptocurrency to apply for so-called investment citizenship
 "Bitcoin can now buy you citizenship in the world's happiest countries")
Chinese investors bemoan govt's crackdown on bitcoin amid losses
Neighbouring country's central bank has asked virtual currency trading platforms in Beijing, Shanghai to cease market operations
Bitcoin's wild ride shows the truth: It is probably worth zero
The digital currency's value depends on it becoming digital gold-or on criminals
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Bitcoin flourishes in India, despite China's cryptocurrency crackdown
The primary reason businesses have not embraced bitcoin payments is because of unclear regulations
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Bitcoin falls as report claims China orders exchanges to shut
Bitcoin fell as much as 7.3 per cent in the US
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Bitcoin tumbles as PBOC declares initial coin offerings illegal
Bitcoin tumbled as much as 11.%, the most since July, to $4,326.75
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Bitcoin price crosses Rs 3 lakh mark in India
There are around 100 odd crypto currencies traded globally but bitcoin is still the most popular
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Gauging the 'real' value of bitcoin
Fundamentals have little to do with the price of the cryptocurrency
Bitcoin is literally soaring into space after rocket-like surge
Blockstream Inc plans to make the digital ledger underpinning the cryptocurrency accessible
A case for bitcoin
While it is perceptibly riskier, it could be a major gainer in an uncertain global environment
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