The latest gains top an eye-popping rally for the controversial digital asset in 2020
The price of Bitcoin topped $29,000 on Thursday for the first time, with the digital currency almost quadrupling in value this year amid heightened interest from investors big and small alike
It has advanced almost 50 per cent in December, on track for its biggest monthly gain since May 2019.
Investors, including large corporations, view them as a potential hedge against uncertainty, and mainstream investment banks too are jumping into the game
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It has surged by nearly half since breaking $20,000 for the first time on Dec. 16
In light of the recent US action against Ripple, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on Tuesday said it will suspend trading in XRP cryptocurrency from January 19
The currency's rise points to a growing acceptance of crypto as an asset class of its own, according to experts
The year was a challenge like few others for the $21.3 trillion mutual fund and $4.4 trillion ETF industry
Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin has announced it was hacked and lost control of some of its servers, as cybercriminals modified exchange rates to 10-15 times their normal values
The value of XRP crashed over 40% after the US SEC charged associated blockchain firm Ripple with conducting a $1.3 billion unregistered securities offering
The cryptocurrency rallied 224 per cent this year, bringing to mind the wild advances of 2017 as it soared to record highs
Coindcx, a cryptocurrency exchange, on Tuesday announced a Rs 100 crore or $13.9 million fund infusion in a funding round led by Block.one
Total investor inflows into cryptocurrency funds and products hit $5.6 billion so far this year, up more than 600% from 2019, according to the latest data from asset manager CoinShares
Elon Musk asked about the possibility of converting "large transactions" of Tesla's balance sheet into bitcoin, according to a Twitter exchange between him and an advocate for the digital currency
Early Thursday stock gains included Marathon Patent Group's rise of as much as 20 per cent, lifting shares to the highest since March 2018
Despite the investment in bitcoin by trimming exposure to gold, Wood still continues to remain bullish on the yellow metal
The digital coin jumped more than 9 per cent on Thursday, touching a high of $23,256.92, according to a composite of prices compiled by Bloomberg