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Why bitcoin ransoms are just not what they used to be for cyber criminals
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have long been a favorite ransom tender for cyber criminals thanks to the currencies' anonymous nature
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Crypto losses near $700 billion in worst week since bubble burst
Bitcoin sank toward $4,000 and most of its peers tumbled on Friday, extending the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index's decline since November 16 to 23 per cent
Bitcoin price falls below $5,000 for the first time since October 2017
Bitcoin declined as much as 9% to $4,958, while so-called alternative coins slumped even more, with Ether tumbling as much as 12% and Litecoin cratering as much as 13%
After being duped in Bitcoin deal, UP man threatens to attack Miami airport
An FIR has been lodged against the accused. His cell phone and laptop have been seized. He will be charge sheeted and produced before a court, an official said
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Ten years of Bitcoin: How it started and what the future might hold
With Bitcoin, we have seen extraordinary hype, with astronomical price booms and busts, and thousands of spin-off cryptocurrencies and private blockchains that are all just variations of the original
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If bitcoin wins, climate loses out: Will a cryptocurrency kill Paris goals?
A report tries to think through the side effects of the dramatic success of bitcoin
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Crypto blues! Bitcoin falls below $8,000 as investors shy away from risks
Last Thursday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission backed an earlier decision to not allow a bitcoin-tracking exchange-traded fund proposed by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to trade
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Bitcoin @ $8,000 for 1st time in 2 months on growing institutional interest
Recent reports about impending approval in the United States for a cryptocurrency exchange traded fund (ETF) have helped bolster demand recently
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How the spies hid behind bitcoin
The transactions were detailed in an indictment from the Justice Department
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What does the future hold for the Bitcoin? Here are three basic scenarios
The cryptocurrency is volatile, costly to store, hard to use and deflationary
Don't sell cryptocurrencies in panic even as banking services are stopped
Even though exchanges may not be able to do banking transactions, there are alternative ways to buy and sell
Bitcoin exchanges now are working on OLX-Quikr model platforms
WazirX, a new exchange, started operating a few months before the RBI order; it launched 35 crypto-currencies for trade
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Bitcoin bloodbath nears dot-com bubble burst as many tokens go to zero
Bitcoin declined as much as 4.2 percent to $5,791.19 on Friday, the lowest level since November,
Bitcoin has shortcomings, could break internet: Global banking body
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 at 2-month low after cryptocurrency exchange hack in South Korea
Bitcoin was trading at USD 6,780 yesterday, down from more than USD 7,500 before the weekend
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The bitcoin puzzle
India needs a pragmatic approach towards cryptocurrencies
SC backs RBI, bars courts from taking up pleas related to cryptocurrency
The court asked the Attorney General to assist the court in this matter
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The wealthy are still betting in Bitcoin, hoarding $10 billion in bunkers
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
Many people want to short bitcoin but don't
The mechanics are there, and so is some volatility
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Is the rise of Bitcoin analogous to spread of an infectious disease?
The Barclays model divides the pool of potential Bitcoin investors into three groups: susceptible, infected and immune
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