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Roaring crypto cacophony drowns out rest of Wall Street in a wild week

Dogecoin wasn't the only canine-themed coin to take a tumble.

RBI tells lenders to reconsider ties with crypto exchanges, traders

The guidance comes as India is crafting a law to ban cryptocurrencies and penalise anyone dealing in them, which would be among the most sweeping crackdowns on the new investing fad in the world

Elon Musk sends bitcoin tumbling with stunning reversal over payments

Bitcoin, the world's biggest digital currency, fell more than 7 per cent after the tweet and was trading at $52,669

Top headlines: Delhi's positivity rate at 1-month low; Bitcoin below $50k

Business Standard brings you stories that made the headlines on Thursday

Musk decries bitcoin's 'insane' energy use after Tesla payment U-turn

Musk denounces amount of energy used to produce bitcoin; however, Tesla will retain bitcoin holdings

Bitcoin recoups some losses in Asian trade after Musk-triggered tumble

The price of the world's largest cryptocurrency dropped from around $54,819 to $45,700, its lowest since March 1, in just under two hours following the tweet

Ethereum founder donates $1.14bn in cryptocurrency to Covid-hit India

Vitalik Buterin, the Russia-based co-founder of the world's second largest cryptocurrency Ethereum, has donated 500 coins and over 50 trillion SHIB meme coin worth around $1.14 billion to the India

Asia shares, bruised over US inflation scare, counting on calm Fed

Japan's Nikkei fell 2.0 per cent and touched its lowest since early January, while Chinese blue chips lost 0.9 per cent

Bitcoin rebounds after Musk says Tesla will suspend using cryptocurrency

Bitcoin rebounded to about $50,000 in Asian trading on Thursday after plunging as much as 17% after Elon Musk tweeted Tesla Inc had stopped accepting bitcoin to purchase its vehicles

Cryptocurrency ethereum hits another record high as 2021 gains near 500%

Cryptocurrency Ether hit another record high on Wednesday, taking gains this year to close to 500% on the back of growing interest in decentralized finance applications

Elon Musk asks Twitter users if Tesla should accept Dogecoin

Billionaire Elon Musk and cryptocurrency aficionado on Tuesday asked his 54 million followers on Twitter "Do you want Tesla to accept Doge?", referring to a digital currency worth roughly 48 cents

'Do you want Tesla to accept Doge?' Elon Musk asks Twitter users

Musk's tweets this year have turned the once-obscure digital currency, which began as a social media joke, into a speculator's dream.

Cryptocurrency ethereum hits new record high again; dogecoin slumps

Cryptocurrency ethereum climbed to a new peak for a third straight day on Monday on continued optimism about further growth in decentralized finance or "DeFi"

Art in demand: Crypto, Picassos at strangest auction week in memory

At Sotheby's, a work by Banksy, Love is in the Air, estimated from $3 mn to $5 mn, can also be paid for in Ether or Bitcoin

Gaining currency

Large firms signal mainstream acceptance of crypto

Decoded: Here's how to tell the difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum

The prices of both Bitcoin and Ether were relatively flat from early 2018 to the fall of 2020, a period known as the 'crypto winter' by oldtimers

Second-biggest cryptocurrency ethereum breaks $4,000 to hit record high

Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, rose to a three-week high above $59,600 on Monday

Elon Musk to send cryptocurrency-funded satellite DOGE-1 to Moon

Elon Musk-run SpaceX is now accepting the new cryptocurrency Dogecoin to launch an upcoming satellite named DOGE-1 to the Moon

As scrutiny of cryptocurrency grows, industry turns to Washington lobbyists

Ripple Labs has enlisted lobbyists, lawyers to make its case to the Securities and Exchange Commission and in one of the first big legal battles over what limits the government should set for trading

Dogecoin tumbles after Elon Musk calls it a 'hustle' on 'SNL' show

Dogecoin was quoted as low as $0.47 on crypto exchange Binance, down 28% from levels around $0.65 before the show