Bitcoin, the world's biggest and earlier cryptocurrency, has crossed a record high of $60,000.
Bitcoin is up about 1,000% in the past year amid signs of increasing institutional interest as well as speculative demand
Various media reports cited that Metakova is a pseudonym of the investor, which means King of Meta in the Tamil language
The cryptocurrency has been on a tear in recent months
MSCI's broadest gauge index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.45% on Friday morning, supported by tech gains
Japan's Nikkei 225 futures added 0.62per cent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures rose 0.55per cent
An NFT is a unique token added to some digital construct and registered on a blockchain with details of ownership
Industry body IAMAI on Wednesday appealed to the Indian government to not ban cryptocurrency and develop a robust mechanism to regulate the related ecosystem in the country.
Evercore technical analysis suggests prices could hit $75,000
The market has flourished despite complicated official attitudes towards cryptocurrencies in China
Tesla Inc's $1.5 billion bitcoin bet saw it join business software firm MicroStrategy Inc and Twitter boss Jack Dorsey's payments company Square Inc in swapping some traditional cash reserves for the
Shares of Good Works rose 15.9% to $11.59 after markets opened for trading on Friday.
The spike came in the wake of Tesla's $1.5 billion bitcoin bet
Many view bitcoin as a good inflation hedge
Sovereign currency issuers will have to think of themselves less as lords and masters and more as service providers in a free market of digital cash
The Japanese yen hit a seven-month low on the dollar on Thursday as hopes that vaccine distribution and more government stimulus will drive the US economy into a solid rebound
Investors have taken heart from an easing in bond prices that has alleviated worries over possible interest rate hikes. Bond yields have eased and the yield on the 10-year Treasury inched down to 1.40
Wall Street had retreated overnight after beginning March with a bang, with the S&P 500 staging its best one-day rally in nine months on Monday
Demand for riskier assets did not slug the dollar, usually regarded as a safe-haven currency
Inner Mongolia plans to shut all such operations by April