Bitcoin is up about 1,000% in the past year amid signs of increasing institutional interest as well as speculative demand
Various media reports cited that Metakova is a pseudonym of the investor, which means King of Meta in the Tamil language
The cryptocurrency has been on a tear in recent months
MSCI's broadest gauge index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.45% on Friday morning, supported by tech gains
Japan's Nikkei 225 futures added 0.62per cent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures rose 0.55per cent
The world's largest digital asset rose as much as 5.2% before trading around $57,000
An NFT is a unique token added to some digital construct and registered on a blockchain with details of ownership
Industry body IAMAI on Wednesday appealed to the Indian government to not ban cryptocurrency and develop a robust mechanism to regulate the related ecosystem in the country.
Twitter CEO and billionaire Jack Dorsey who last week announced to sell his very first tweet of March 6, 2006, has said that he will donate the money in Bitcoins to charity
The digital currency was trading up 3.3% at $54,206 amidst a broadly supportive risk rally, climbing toward a record high of $58,354.14
Evercore technical analysis suggests prices could hit $75,000
The market has flourished despite complicated official attitudes towards cryptocurrencies in China
Tesla Inc's $1.5 billion bitcoin bet saw it join business software firm MicroStrategy Inc and Twitter boss Jack Dorsey's payments company Square Inc in swapping some traditional cash reserves for the
Shares of Good Works rose 15.9% to $11.59 after markets opened for trading on Friday.
The spike came in the wake of Tesla's $1.5 billion bitcoin bet
Many view bitcoin as a good inflation hedge
Sovereign currency issuers will have to think of themselves less as lords and masters and more as service providers in a free market of digital cash
The Japanese yen hit a seven-month low on the dollar on Thursday as hopes that vaccine distribution and more government stimulus will drive the US economy into a solid rebound
Bitcoin has fallen 12.7% from the year's high of $58,354.14 on Feb. 21
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