WHAT IS BITCOIN
Bitcoin
A type of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is a digital currency created in January 2009 following the housing market crash. Bitcoin offers the promise of lower transaction fees than traditional online payment mechanisms and is operated by a decentralised authority, unlike government-issued currencies. There are no physical bitcoins, only balances kept on a public ledger that everyone has transparent access to, that – along with all Bitcoin transactions – is verified by a massive amount of computing power. Balances of Bitcoin tokens are kept using public and private "keys," which are long strings of numbers and letters linked through the mathematical encryption algorithm that was used to create them.
BITCOIN NEWS
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Bitcoin investing could get boost from exchange-traded fund
Interested in Bitcoin but don't want to open a crypto trading account? Wall Street has something for you. ProShares said Monday ...| October 19, 2021, Tuesday -
Bitcoin hovers near 6-month high on ETF hopes, inflation worries
If the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) does not object, the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF completes a 75-day ...| October 18, 2021, Monday -
Don't ban their Bitcoin: India's millennials pull crypto out of the shadows
Industry gains confidence that policy makers have been persuaded of benefits to the economy from blockchain-based innovation.| October 18, 2021, Monday -
Will target 50 mn Indian crypto users in 2 years: CoinSwitch Kuber CEO
With more than 15 million users in India, CoinSwitch Kuber has become a new unicorn, and the most valuable crypto company in the ...| October 17, 2021, Sunday -
Bitcoin makes run toward record high to $62,100 amid ETF exuberance
The world's largest digital token has surged some 8% over Friday and Saturday to about $62,100 -- taking this month's rally to ...| October 16, 2021, Saturday -
RSS chief Bhagwat slams OTT platforms and bitcoin, calls for regulation
This is the first reference by the RSS chief to the two issues, which the government is trying to deal with| October 16, 2021, Saturday -
Top headlines: PM launches 7 defence PSUs; Brent oil surges to $85/barrel
Business Standard brings you the top stories from today| October 15, 2021, Friday -
Bitcoin tops $60,000, nears record high, on growing US ETF hopes
Bitcoin, the world's biggest cryptocurrency, rose 4.5% to its highest level since Apr. 17| October 15, 2021, Friday -
United States replaces China as world's biggest Bitcoin miner
At the end of August, America accounted for 35.4% of the global hash rate, a measure of computing power used to extract the ...| October 13, 2021, Wednesday -
Bitcoin's record high is within sight after sharp recent rally
recent rally in digital tokens like Bitcoin and second-ranked Ether contrasts with the travails of assets such as stocks, bonds ...| October 12, 2021, Tuesday
