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Bitcoin’s biggest drop since March shakes faith in cryptocurrency boom

Bitcoin slid as much as 21% over Sunday and Monday to as low as $32,389. That’s the biggest two-day slide since global markets were first roiled by the pandemic last year.

2020 saw cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin gain momentum in India, thanks to male millennials

Bitcoin outperformed all asset classes this year. Trading exchanges say regulatory clarity will be key to growth in 2021.

Bitcoin on track for longest winning streak since 2019

The largest cryptocurrency reached an all-time high of $28,365 Sunday. Its price has more than tripled in 2020 amid a worsening pandemic.

Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to relaunch Libra deserves a fair chance

Zuckerberg's plea for Libra, now called Diem, suggests Facebook is leaning more towards the kind of e-cash offered by PayPal or Alibaba than the revolutionary crypto dreams of Bitcoiners.

ED arrests cryptocurrency trader in Rs 1,100 cr Chinese online betting scam

The ED said it conducted raids at the registered offices of some companies who were illegally running online betting apps on websites which are hosted from outside India.

Facebook-backed crypto group rebrands Libra as Diem Network in hopes of fresh start

After Libra launched in June 2019, politicians and regulators raised concerns about privacy, money laundering and companies like Facebook taking power away from central banks.

Bitcoin and China are winning the Covid-19 monetary revolution

Covid-19 has been good for Bitcoin & cryptocurrency generally. By accelerating our advance into a more digital word, what might have taken 10 years has been achieved in 10 months.

Bitcoin’s gunning for a record and no one’s talking about it

Bitcoin has been through a boom and bust and a second boom since its frenzied heydays in 2017. But the mania that surrounded digital currencies back then is largely absent.

Florida teenager in massive Twitter hack case pleads not guilty

Florida teen Graham Ivan Clark has been charged with posting messages on behalf of over 100 notable personalities, including Barack Obama, as part of a cryptocurrency scam.

Twitter cryptocurrency scam echoes similar rackets on YouTube in the past

Though the link between the schemes on Twitter and YouTube aren’t definitive, the possibility that they are connected may give investigators ways to identify the perpetrators.

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