Palo Alto’s Tesla announces $1.5bn bitcoin bet as crypto assets soar to record highs

09-02-2021
Earlier on Monday, Tesla Inc. said in a statement that the e-vehicle mogul had invested $1.5 billion in bitcoins, eventually heaving the digital asset's valuation as much as 15 per cent higher

India mulls official digital currency, proposes law to ban crypto assets

01-02-2021
Indian lawmakers have been mulling an option to introduce a new law to ban trades of digital assets and private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin

Palo Alto's Tesla boss Musk’s '#bitcoin' in twitter leads to 14% jump

30-01-2021
On Friday, bitcoin, the original crypto asset surged as much as 14 per cent after Tesla boss Elon Musk had added a bitcoin hashtag on his Twitter profile page

New York capital manager BlackRock to add bitcoin as eligible investment in two funds

22-01-2021
Earlier this week, BlackRock Inc., the world's largest asset management firm, said in a statement that it had added bitcoin futures as eligible investments on two of its funds

Large Bitcoin payment made to far-right Republicans before US capital attack

17-01-2021
More than half a million worth of bitcoins were paid to as many as 22 digital wallets before last week's attack on US Capitol

Cryptocurrency inflows stall after December record as Bitcoin dives 19%

13-01-2021
On Monday, Bitcoin drooled as much as 19 per cent as CoinShares data released late in the day had unveiled that the inflow of fresh capitals into crypto projects and funds, had nearly stalled over the first week of 2021

Bitcoin extends dogmatic rally into a fourth straight day, spikes to record highs

09-01-2021
On Friday, latest leg of record-setting Bitcoin rally had extended into a fourth straight session in a row, as the original cryptocurrency, Bitcoin had hit a fresh record high of $41,530, however, had winded up the day 2.96 per cent higher at $40,665

Crypto market cap surges above $1 trillion; Bitcoin hits $40,000, doubles in 3 weeks

08-01-2021
On Thursday, cryptocurrency market cap had stormed past a whopping $1-trillion level for the first time in history, while Bitcoin hits record $40,000, doubling up its valuations in less than three weeks

Bitcoin bubble storms past $30,000 for first time, snowballs over 50% since Dec. 20

03-01-2021
On Saturday, Bitcoin, the largest crypto asset in the world, had surged past a $30,000-level for the first time on record, mushrooming more than 10 per cent in the first trading day of 2021

California's Coinbase to delist XRP after US charges as ripple assets in ruins

01-01-2021
On Wednesday, XRP, the third-largest crypto asset, extended its losing streak after Coinbase had said that it would suspend trading of the digital asset by January 19

Bitcoin leapfrogs to record $29,000 as 2020 rally reaches new highs

31-12-2020
Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, spiked to an all-time high of $29,130 as the digital currency's market cap rose above $518 billion

Crypto fund inflows surge over 600%, top $5 billion in 2020

26-12-2020
Earlier this week, a crypto asset manager CoinShares said in a report that crypto fund inflows across the world had surged over 600% this year so far

Bitcoin smashes through $20,000-barricade for first time as corporate interests mount

17-12-2020
On Wednesday, Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency which has gained as much as 170% this year thus far, had surpassed a $20,000-barrier for the first time on record

JD.com emerges as first online platform to accept China’s digital currency

06-12-2020
On Saturday, Chinese e-commerce giant and online retailer, JD.com Inc. said in a statement that it became the first online platform to accept Chinese Central Bank's digital yuan

New York’s S&P Dow Jones Indices set to unfurl cryptocurrency price index in 2021

04-12-2020
On Thursday, S&P Dow Jones Indices said in a statement that it had agreed to set out cryptocurrency price indices as early as by next year

New Jersey startup BlockFi partners with Visa to launch bitcoin rewards credit card

02-12-2020
On Tuesday, a New Jersey-headquartered cryptocurrency start-up BlockFi said that the crypto firm had teamed up with Visa Inc., Evolve Bank and credit card firm Deserve to offer a credit card that would enable users to earn bitcoin for each transaction

Menlo Park’s Facebook to launch US Dollar-backed Libra as early as January 2021

28-11-2020
Facebook Inc. had been mulling an option to launch a US Dollar-backed Libra digital currency as early as by January 2021

Bitcoin leads crypto sell-off as red-hot rally hits the buffer

27-11-2020
On Thursday, almost all of the crypto assets had taken a tattering header with Bitcoin leading the tally of the losses by market share

Bitcoin boasts three-year peak, all-time high in focus

21-11-2020
On Friday, Bitcoin, the original crypto hit its highest level since December 2018, while other crypto assets had followed by footprints of Bitcoin with Ethereum rising as much as 7.2 per cent

Bitcoin hits three-year peak as demands soar on expectation of mainstream acceptance

18-11-2020
On Tuesday, Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, had soared to its highest level since December 2017 when it had reached its all-time high of roughly $20,000

Bitcoin surges pass $15,000 key resistance, hits highest level since January ‘18

06-11-2020
On Thursday. Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency gains as much as 8.2 per cent amid a post-election catch-22 in the United States

San Jose’s PayPal to open up network to cryptos as Bitcoin storms past $12,000 handle

23-10-2020
On Wednesday, digital payment processor PayPal Inc. said in a statement that it would soon open up its network for crypto trading, a move that led to a robust rally of the cryptocurrencies with Bitcoin surging as much as 7.42%

China to issue 10 million digital yuan in first public test

14-10-2020
In a bid to fend off a growing influence of the privately issued digital currencies, the People's Bank of China would be issuing about $1.5 million worth of digital yuan on Friday as a standard test

BitMex cryptocurrency founders charged with money laundering in the United States

03-10-2020
US Justice Department had filed a criminal charge against the officials and executives of a Seychelles-registered cryptocurrency exchange BitMex over accusations of money laundering

3 charged including a 17-year-old Florida teen in massive Twitter hack, bitcoin scam

01-08-2020
On Friday, US authorities had told that they had arrested three individuals including a 17-year-old teen over charges of massive Twitter hack