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Bitcoin passes $16,000 as rebound begins

The tokens rose 16 per cent to as much as $16,039.51, the biggest gain on a closing basis in more than two weeks and the first in six days

Entrepreneurs catch bitcoin bug

Many Indians who are seeing a business potential in cryptocurrencies are rushing to set up companies to cash in on this craze

From banks to bitcoins

Bitcoin was first mined in 2009, following a paper by Satoshi Nakamoto on peer-to-peer money transactions

Bitcoin trading: I-T issue notices to 400,000 HNIs across India

Govt has said that it does not recognise 'crypto-currency' as legal tender in India

Japanese retail investors constitute around 30-50% of Bitcoin market

Japan's global share of the bitcoin market jumped after a clampdown this year by Beijing saw bitcoin trading in yuan almost entirely disappear.

Non-declaration of Bitcoin gains could attract 50% penalty and interest

Short-term capital gains tax of 30% likely to be levied if Bitcoin is held for less than three years, 20% if held for more than 36 months

Bitcoin hits $19,000: Growing bubble or golden opportunity for Indians?

With a rise of over 1,400% this year to a level past $19,000, Bitcoin has caught the imagination of investors globally. But how safe is it to invest in the cryptocurrency? Here is all you need to know

Bitcoin tops $17,000; NiceHash hack raises concerns ahead of US trade

At the start of the year, one bitcoin was worth less than $ 1,000

Bitcoin loses over a fifth of its value in less than 24 hours

One market-watcher attributed the fall to outages in bitcoin exchanges and the heavy price surge of recent times

xChainge to secure peer-to-peer exchanges

xChainge Wallet for Windows will be launched in Q1 2018, followed by iOS and Android apps in Q2 2018.

New Wallet Rahakott Will Make the Cryptocurrency World More Accessible

On November 12, 2017, a new project, Rahakott, was launched. Rahakott is a cryptocurrency wallet that allows anyone to send or receive digital currencies and to monitor their balance.

Bitcoin surges past $7,000 to extend record rally

CME Chief Executive Officer Terry Duffy said that the firm's job is to "manage risk, not decide what the price of a product is"

Regulate bitcoins

Oversight will help prevent illegal activities

Bitcoins are business as usual in Bengaluru

One can pay for food, bus tickets, order stuff or shopping vouchers of companies online, get haircut

Despite RBI caution, Bitcoin exchange Zebpay adds 2.5k users a day in India

Zebpay said this shows growing acceptance of Bitcoins as emerging asset class

As bitcoins gain traction, is it time for central banks to make their own?

We cannot use gold to buy bitcoin directly but bitcoin can be used to buy gold

Who created bitcoins?

Hurdles before the digital currency