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Bitcoin holds above $7,000 after hitting 9-month high
Analysts and traders said the outsized move over the weekend did not appear to be the result of any immediate news factors.
Bitcoin soars 20% to highest level in 5 months thanks to major order by mystery buyer
Bitcoin's surge sent smaller cryptocurrencies, known as "altcoins," trading higher. Ethereum's ether and Ripple's XRP, respectively the second- and third-largest coins, both jumped by more than 10 percent.
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Mumbai: Dry fruit supplier’s server hacked, suspects demand bitcoins
Police have charged unidentified persons with extortion, damage to computer system, computer-related offences and failure to protect data, and transferred the case to Saki Naka police station Friday.
Gujarat: Suspended SP gets bail in Bitcoin extortion case
Superintendent of Police Jagdish Patel was accused of being part of a conspiracy of kidnapping the Surat-based “businessman” Shailesh Bhatt and others in Gandhinagar and extorting cryptocurrency Bitcoin worth crores of rupees.
Facebook to develop stablecoin for WhatsApp transfers: Report
The company is reportedly developing a stablecoin — a type of digital currency pegged to the US dollar — to minimize volatility.
This US state will soon accept taxes in Bitcoins
A report in Wall Street Journal says that Ohio plans to accept taxes in bitcoin and will be the first in the US to do so officially.
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No end in sight for crypto sell-off as Bitcoin approaches $4,000
Bitcoin fell as much as 13 per cent to $4,051, bringing this week’s decline to more than 25 per cent. It traded at almost $20,000 last December.
Delhi bitcoin fraud: Accused’s brother being questioned
Vivek and Amit were arrested in April by a Special Investigation Team of the Pune police, which had taken their custody following their detention from Bangkok. On Thursday, Delhi Police took Vivek's custody and took him to Prashant Vihar police station for questioning.
Cryptocurrency has hit bottom, bitcoin to bounce back: Michael Novogratz
Bitcoin was last valued at $6,419.03, less than a third of its peak near $20,000 in December 2017. Cryptocurrencies, of which bitcoin is the most valuable, are pieces of computer code that are not backed by any central bank or hard asset
Gujarat bitcoins extortion case: Absconding ex-BJP MLA held from Maharashtra
Former Gujarat BJP MLA Nalin Kotadiya, who had extended his support to Patidar leader Hardik Patel, had represented Dhari seat in Amreli district before 2017.
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