Zuckerberg referenced cryptocurrencies in a posting Thursday in which he laid out how he will spend 2018 trying to correct persistent problems
Speculative fervor makes the cryptocurrency clumsy for commerce
Ethereum, the second-largest by market value, has roughly tripled in the last two months
This could help lure people back into using an official system that combines some of the benefits of both traditional and cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin has had global central banks so worried that several are now mulling regulating the currency, legalising it, or evolving their own crypto currencies
Blockchain- the underlying technology that enables bitcoin will see adoption
The virtual coin fell to $13,624.56 as of 5 pm in New York on Monday, down 4.8%
Arun Jaitley emphasised that the Centre's consistent position was that such currencies were not legal tender
Privacy coins such as monero have climbed faster over the past two months as law enforcers adopt software tools to monitor bitcoin users
A North Korean hacking unit called Andariel seized a server at a South Korean company in the summer of 2017 and used it to mine about 70 Monero coins
Cryptocurrencies have rallied sharply with the price of many of them doubling in a few days, including Bitcoin which saw a high of $20,000, from where it fell to $11,000 in a few days' time
Goldman isn't the only firm to send up a warning flag about cryptocurrencies
It's the latest twist in the crypto saga known as the 'flippening'
Backed by 5.3 billion barrels of oil worth $267 billion, in a bid to offset a deep financial crisis
At this instant, the market value of bitcoins is around $235 billion with 16.76 million coins in circulation
Govt likely to announce rules and regulations in the upcoming Budget