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02.06 / 04:59

cryptocurrency World News Bitcoin Bitcoin drops 6.9% to below $30,000

Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, dropped 6.9% to $29,555.35 at 22:03 GMT on Wednesday, losing $2,262.81 from its previous closing price.

31.05 / 04:39

cryptocurrency World News Bitcoin surges Bitcoin surges nearly 8% to $31,780

Bitcoin rose 7.93 % to $31,780.51 at 2200 GMT on Monday, up $2,334.8 from its previous close.

27.05 / 06:17

cryptocurrency World News Bitcoin Bitcoin options show investors becoming anxious about declines

Bitcoin might be registering tepid moves as of late but that doesn’t mean investors have become less anxious about the largest cryptocurrency’s prospect for further declines.

27.05 / 04:51

cryptocurrency Twitter World News Bitcoin Crypto scammers pose as Journalists, NFT projects on Twitter

Internet scammers are using hijacked accounts on Twitter Inc. to promote dubious cryptocurrency platforms that, once installed, enable them to compromise victims’ sensitive data, according to new findings provided exclusively to Bloomberg News.

16.05 / 07:51

cryptocurrency World News FTX Bitcoin Future Fried Sam network FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried says Bitcoin has no future as a payments network

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX's founder has said that Bitcoin has no future as a payments network and criticized the digital currency for its inefficiency and high environmental costs, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

13.05 / 06:19

UPS cryptocurrency World News Bitcoin Global crypto regulation body likely in next year, top official says

Global market regulators are likely to launch a joint body within the next year to better co-ordinate cryptocurrency rules, a senior watchdog official has said.

12.05 / 07:27

cryptocurrency World News Bitcoin Low Bitcoin falls to 16 month low

Bitcoin fell to its lowest in 16 months on Thursday, continuing to fall alongside risk assets such as tech stocks, and also dragged down by the collapse of TerraUSD, the so-called stablecoin which lost its dollar peg this week.

22.04 / 12:19

business cryptocurrency World News Explained: How cryptocurrencies work (and how they don’t)

The first and most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, launched more than a decade ago. Yet for all the relentless buzz, relatively few are well versed in cryptocurrencies or the blockchain, the technology on which they’re built.

14.04 / 17:31

business cryptocurrency World News Option NOT Amazon CEO says not adding cryptocurrency as payment option anytime soon

Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy said the e-commerce giant is not close to adding cryptocurrency as a payment option to its retail business, in an interview with CNBC on Thursday.

11.04 / 04:51

cryptocurrency World News Bitcoin Bitcoin drops below key technical mark as rate concerns mount

Bitcoin briefly dropped below its 50-day moving average, sliding back further into the range in which it has traded this year.

08.04 / 04:59

cryptocurrency Robinhood World News Robinhood rolls out Cryptocurrency wallet to 2 million users

Robinhood Financial officially rolled out its cryptocurrency wallet on Thursday, giving access to more than 2 million customers that were on a waiting list for the digital product.

05.04 / 20:21

cryptocurrency World News A 30-year-old crypto billionaire wants to give his fortune away

The Economic Club of New York has hosted kings, prime ministers, and presidents, as well as Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos and JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon. Central bankers’ comments at the 115-year-old organization have moved markets. Sam Bankman-Fried, a 30-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire, is probably the first person to play a computer game while giving a talk.

10.03 / 04:59

cryptocurrency World News Joe Biden orders government to study digital dollar, other cryptocurrency risks

U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday requiring the government to assess the risks and benefits of creating a central bank digital dollar, as well as other cryptocurrency issues, the White House said.

09.03 / 15:49

cryptocurrency World News Joe Biden orders government to study digital dollar, other cryptocurrency risks

U.S. President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Wednesday requiring the government to assess the risks and benefits of creating a central bank digital dollar, as well as other cryptocurrency issues, administration officials said.

08.03 / 05:13

cryptocurrency World News Joe Biden to order studies on regulating, issuing cryptocurrency: Source

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign a long-awaited executive order this week directing the Justice Department, Treasury and other agencies to study the legal and economic ramifications of creating a U.S. central bank digital currency, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

28.02 / 14:11

cryptocurrency World News Ukraine raises $13 million in crypto after crowdfunding appeal

Ukraine's government has raised cryptocurrency worth almost $13 million after posting appeals on social media for donations of bitcoin and other digital tokens, data from blockchain analysis firm Elliptic showed on Monday.

21.02 / 15:11

cryptocurrency World News Russian finance ministry to consider central bank proposals on cryptocurrencies

Russia's finance ministry on Monday said it would take proposals on cryptocurrencies from the country's central bank into account so long as they do not contradict its own approach, paving the way for legislation governing digital assets.

18.02 / 04:29

cryptocurrency World News Bitcoin Bitcoin falls 7.4% to $40,632

Bitcoin dropped 7.4% to $40,631.78 at 2205 GMT on Thursday, down $3,248.05 from its previous close.

08.02 / 04:31

cryptocurrency World News Bitcoin week Bitcoin rallies to four-week high, ether hits three-week peak

The world's largest cryptocurrency hit $44,524.18 , the highest since mid-January. It was last up 3.8% at $44,024. Since hitting a roughly six-month low on Jan. 24, bitcoin has gained about 35%.

18.01 / 06:57

cryptocurrency World News Genesis Trading Bitcoin Bitcoin investors dig in for long haul in 'staggering' shift

Some industry watchers point to the underlying stability of such long-term investments as potentially promising indicators for the capricious cryptocurrency.

14.01 / 06:05

cryptocurrency World News Bitcoin North Korean hackers stole $400 million in cryptocurrency in 2021

North Korea launched at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms that extracted nearly $400 million worth of digital assets last year, one of its most successful years on record, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis said in a new report.

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