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The recent bitcoin rally has been driven in part by increasing expectations it will soon become a mainstream payment method
Others on the list include China, Japan, Korea, Germany, Italy, Singapore and Malaysia
The world's largest cryptocurrency rose as much as 3.8% to $20,154 on Wednesday
Many exploring options of accepting crypto currencies as collateral
The DBS Digital Exchange will use blockchain technology to provide a platform for fundraising through asset tokenisation and secondary trading of digital assets
The new service from Fidelity comes after Bitcoin beat its 2017 highest price earlier this month before retreating in recent days
Alexander Vinnik was arrested in July 2017 while vacationing in a summer resort in northern Greece.
Institutional investors in the developed world have climbed on to the bitcoin bandwagon. Many large hedge funds and mutual funds now bet on it
JD Digits, the company's fintech arm, will accept digital yuan as payment for some products on its online mall
The Indian government's ambivalent attitude towards this asset class is another key risk for investors keen to climb on to this bandwagon
The S&P DJI-branded products will use data from New York-based virtual currency company Lukka on more than 550 of the top traded coins, the companies said
Bitcoin's tumble last week, the biggest since March, after a 150% run-up this year underscores the famous volatility of the asset class that has kept mainstream investors at bay
The digital currency is a trading ground for a motley crew of retail players, speculative pros and exotic quants, while traditional investors have hitherto stayed on the sidelines.
Smaller coins ethereum and XRP, which often move in tandem with bitcoin, fell 7.3% and 8.8%, respectively.
Microsoft has revealed that Vietnamese government-backed hackers are deploying cryptocurrency-mining malware alongside their regular cyber-espionage toolkits.
The digital currency is a trading ground for a motley crew of retail players, speculative pros and exotic quants, while traditional investors have hitherto stayed on the sidelines