Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday
This comes after RBI's circular earlier this week that clarified banks can no longer cite its circular on crypto for not offering such products to customers
Start with small investments, but exclude from portfolios aimed at key financial goals
Banks, however, must run a checklist of local laws before providing such services, says central bank
Cryptocurrencies slipped on Thursday but without falling through recent lows, as enough traders clung to hopes that the asset class can claw its way back from last week's plunge
Cryptocurrencies fought to find a footing after even weekend cheerleading from Tesla boss Elon Musk seemed unable offset selling pressure from spooked investors
Bitcoin rose after Musk's post to trade at around $38,150 as of 12:27 p.m. London time
Despite downside risks and this week's volatility -- which saw Bitcoin slide about 31 per cent and jump roughly the same percentage on Wednesday -- crypto bulls are undaunted
Bitcoin was up 9.5% at $40,265 having nearly slid though $30,000 on Wednesday and been almost at $65,000 just over a month ago
Stock markets struggled for traction on Thursday after a jittery session on Wall Street where cryptocurrencies crashed
We are bullish on gold and expect gold to test Rs 48,800- Rs 49,400 this week
The two main digital currencies, bitcoin and ether, fell as much as 30 per cent and 45 per cent respectively
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Bitcoin's volatile week-long slide saw it tumble to below $40,000 mark as news of further restrictions on cryptocurrency transactions in China added to earlier concerns sparked by Elon Musk's tweets
Central banks in China and Sweden have fairly advanced plans to introduce currencies in electronic form for retail use.
Samsung Electronics said on Friday it has expanded support for blockchain users trading virtual assets on its Galaxy smartphones amid rising interest in cryptocurrencies.
Large firms signal mainstream acceptance of crypto
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 was quoted as low as $0.47 on crypto exchange Binance, down 28% from levels around $0.65 before the show
Studies point out that the 40 million-odd SMEs in India, with limited access to formal credit, face a financing gap of $250-500 billion