Page 48 - Latest Updates on Bitcoin
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
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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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Buoyant bitcoin stirs crypto-bubble fears
Bitcoin Cash, a clone of bitcoin that was split off from the original last week by a rival group of
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Wannacry attack: Responsible bitcoin regulation is the need of the hour
The main disadvantage of bitcoin is that transactions can be anonymous
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Bitcoin averts split as miners back new software upgrade
Support for Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 91 reaches nearly 100%
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Bitcoin's central appeal could also be its biggest weakness
The issue is that the blockchain records the movement of bitcoin, not the movement of other currency
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The Bitcoin economy, in perspective
Bitcoin is the cryptocurrency that refuses to die
Price hikes in Ether and Bitcoin are not signs of a bubble
Bitcoin is used for payments and Ether automates any number of processes using smart contracts
Ethereum, the 'new kid' in digital currency, is beating the bitcoin
Reports of introducing trading services in alternate currency is making rounds in India
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Bitten by the bitcoin bug?
Investors need to weigh risks and rewards of alternative asset class carefully before betting on it
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Bitcoin, stocks and the fear of missing out
A series of gains raises investor confidence that they will last indefinitely