Page 148 - Cryptocurrency
Investing in bitcoins? How India's crypto players are fighting to survive
A 3-part series looks at how the cryptocurrency players are dealing with the all-round clampdown on a system that's in no-man's land
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News digest: Q3 earnings, Budget 2018, cryptocurrency, and others
The Union government has cut budgetary support to the Indian Railways by Rs 150 billion for the financial year 2017-18
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As bitcoin sinks, crypto brothers party hard on a blockchain cruise
The cruise's eclectic list of speakers included Jose Gomez, a former aide to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
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SBI, four more banks suspend accounts of major Bitcoin exchanges in India
According to a news report, the exchanges include Zebpay, Unocoin, CoinSecure and BtcxIndia
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News digest: RIL's Q3 show, India's first BS-VI car, bitcoin, and more
The income tax department has sent notices to thousands of cryptocurrency investors across the country, seeking additional details on the money invested in the virtual currency during demonetisation
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Cryptocurrencies: Another Tulip mania?
The story is more difficult to sell than the SSC because it isn't immediately clear what cryptocurrencies are, let alone what they are supposed to do, and how
I-T notices to cryptocurrency investors on suspicion of tax evasion
The income tax department has also inquired whether the users have brought or sold cryptocurrency from websites registered outside the country
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US SEC raises doubts about Bitcoin ETFs amid biggest cryptocurrency slump
The SEC said it has questions concerning how funds holding substantial amounts of cryptocurrencies and related products would satisfy the requirements of the 1940 Act
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Hackers have walked off with 14% of big digital currencies
The blockchain ecosystem - the decentralized "distributed ledgers" that track crypto transactions - is also vulnerable
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South Korea considers shutting down domestic cryptocurrency exchanges
Prices have plummeted since South Korea announced last week it may ban domestic cryptocurrency exchanges. On Wednesday, bitcoin slid 18 percent
Regulatory fears hammer bitcoin below $10,000, half its peak
Bitcoin fell as much as 20 per cent on Wednesday, piercing below $10,000, while other cryptocurrencies took similar spills
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Old hands in South Korea Bitcoin market unfazed by threats of ban
According to industry experts, the first step to circumventing a ban is hiding IP addresses from authorities via virtual private networks (VPNs)