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The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, was flat at 98.09. It is down nearly 10% this year. (File Photo)

Bitcoin hits new all-time record high

October 07, 2025 10:45 am

Bitcoin's ascent has coincided with the weakness of the U.S. dollar against major peers as Trump's tariffs on U.S. trade partners and uncertainty about their impact have prompted investors to diversify away from U.S. assets

The false promise of rupee-backed stablecoins

September 08, 2025 1:14 pm

For India, whose stability rests on careful regulatory design and credible supervision, emulating US experiments in private money risks undermining the very strengths we have built

Ross Ulbricht, who created Silk Road, a dark web market that used Bitcoin to facilitate millions of dollars in drug sales, takes the stage to speak at Bitcoin 2025, a cryptocurrency convention at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, May 29, 2025. (Gabriela Bhaskar/ The New York Times)

The spectacular comeback tour of a crypto overlord

September 08, 2025 9:36 am

As the creator of Silk Road, a dark web market that used bitcoin to facilitate millions of dollars in sales of heroin, cocaine and other drugs, he had been sentenced to life in prison in 2015 without the possibility of parole.

Bitcoin tops $120,000 for the first time

July 14, 2025 9:48 am

The surge in bitcoin, which is up 29% for the year thus far, has sparked a broader rally across other cryptocurrencies over the past few weeks even in the face of Trump's chaotic tariffs.

What is American Bitcoin, the Trump family-backed crypto mining firm going public?

May 14, 2025 10:07 am

Taking American Bitcoin public is the latest step in expanding the Trump family’s crypto empire, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

Top 10 most valuable cryptocurrencies in the world: Ranked by market cap — as of May 2025 (FIle)

Bitcoin retakes $100,000 on global trade deal optimism

May 09, 2025 8:17 am

The world's biggest cryptocurrency has clawed its way back into positive territory for the year, although it remains below the record high of more than $109,000 reached in January.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies see prices fall amid global market turmoil

April 08, 2025 3:30 pm

President Trump’s own meme coin, which he launched just before taking office and once hit a high of more than $70, dipped below $8 Monday morning.

Fama was talking to the hosts of the popular podcast Capitalisn't. (Image: FreePik)

Trump signs order to establish strategic bitcoin reserve

March 07, 2025 9:47 am

Earlier this week, Trump announced the names of five digital assets he expects to include in this reserve.

Bitcoin slides more than 5% to lowest since November 11

February 28, 2025 9:09 am

The world's largest cryptocurrency has shed a quarter of its market value since mid-December.

A sessions court in Bengaluru on Monday granted a Karnataka Police officer under probe in the Bitcoin scam interim anticipatory bail in an attempt to murder case.

Karnataka Bitcoin scam: In destruction of evidence case, court rejects interim anticipatory bail plea of missing cop

March 17, 2024 8:53 am

Former Bengaluru Crime Branch police officer K Sridhar Poojar went missing after his anticipatory bail was rejected last month in a case related to the alleged illegal confinement of hacker Srikrishna Ramesh.