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Bitcoin climbs to record high after futures-based ETF debut

Pandemic-era liquidity, speculative bets & hopes of wider adoption fuel surge

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Sensex sheds 456pts, Nifty gives up 18,300; Airtel, SBI buck the trend

Stock market LIVE: All sectoral indices barring telecom ended in the the negative zone; Declining stocks out-numbered advancing shares in the ratio 2:1 on the BSE

Proshares Bitcoin-futures ETF starts trading in watershed moment

Meanwhile, the price of Bitcoin has been rising in anticipation

Bitcoin investing could get boost from exchange-traded fund

Interested in Bitcoin but don't want to open a crypto trading account? Wall Street has something for you. ProShares said Monday it plans to launch the country's first exchange-traded fund linked to Bitcoin. The ETF with the ticker symbol BITO is expected to begin trading Tuesday, barring any opposition from regulators. It's the latest milestone for Bitcoin and for the ETF industry in general. In a statement, ProShares CEO Michael Sapir compared the launch of a crypto-linked ETF to the 1993 launch of the first stocks ETF and the 2002 rollout of the initial bond ETF. The U.S. market for ETFs has grown to more than USD5.4 trillion and they're owned by roughly 9per cent of all the nation's households, according to the Investment Company Institute. Cryptocurrencies, meanwhile, have exploded into a nearly USD2.5 trillion industry after the creation of thousands of digital currencies. Bitcoin is the biggest of them all, with a total value of nearly USD1.2 trillion. But like much in the ...

Don't ban their Bitcoin: India's millennials pull crypto out of the shadows

Industry gains confidence that policy makers have been persuaded of benefits to the economy from blockchain-based innovation.

Bitcoin hovers near 6-month high on ETF hopes, inflation worries

If the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) does not object, the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF completes a 75-day period since the fund manager filed plans and could begin trading on Tuesday

Will target 50 mn Indian crypto users in 2 years: CoinSwitch Kuber CEO

With more than 15 million users in India, CoinSwitch Kuber has become a new unicorn, and the most valuable crypto company in the country valued at $1.9 billion.

RSS chief Bhagwat slams OTT platforms and bitcoin, calls for regulation

This is the first reference by the RSS chief to the two issues, which the government is trying to deal with

Bitcoin makes run toward record high to $62,100 amid ETF exuberance

The world's largest digital token has surged some 8% over Friday and Saturday to about $62,100 -- taking this month's rally to over 40%

Bitcoin tops $60,000, nears record high, on growing US ETF hopes

Bitcoin, the world's biggest cryptocurrency, rose 4.5% to its highest level since Apr. 17

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United States replaces China as world's biggest Bitcoin miner

At the end of August, America accounted for 35.4% of the global hash rate, a measure of computing power used to extract the digital currency

Bitcoin's record high is within sight after sharp recent rally

recent rally in digital tokens like Bitcoin and second-ranked Ether contrasts with the travails of assets such as stocks, bonds and gold amid a bout of jitters in global markets.

JPMorgan's Dimon blasts bitcoin as 'worthless', due for regulation

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co chief executive, said on Monday at a conference that cryptocurrencies will be regulated by governments and that he personally thinks bitcoin is "worthless."

Bitcoin's 'incredible rally' spurs biggest weekly gain in months

The world's largest digital asset, overcoming a slew of potentially negative factors that had dogged it earlier this year, is up about 10% over the past five sessions.

Bitcoin rises 7.1% to $55,163, adds $3,661.73 to its previous close

Bitcoin rose 7.11% to $55,162.92 at 20:01 GMT on Wednesday, adding $3,661.73 to its previous close.

Bitcoin tops $50,000 as BofA says crypto 'too large to ignore'

The rally brings prices to the highest since early September, when El Salvador rolled out the cryptocurrency as legal tender

Cryptocurrencies post inflows for 7 straight weeks, led by bitcoin: Data

Bitcoin recorded its third straight week of inflows.

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