To trade on the Unocoin platform, a minimum top-up of Rs 1,000 is required.
The largest cryptocurrency gained as much as 10 per cent to $47,234 early in New York trading
Bitcoin and its kin have in the last year soared in price and popularity
BitPay already processes more than 60,000 transactions a month, more than half of them in Bitcoin
The spread on the interest El Salvador pays on its national debt over US treasury rates has widened
Bitcoin rallied close to $44,000 Monday
Bitcoin rallied to about $44,000 as of 1:35 p.m. in Hong Kong
Shares in a range of Chinese crypto-related firms plunged on the ban
10 agencies join hands for crackdown; Bitcoin, other coins slump
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China's central bank said all cryptocurrency-related transactions are illegal, according to a Q&A statement on PBOC's website
Twitter users globally on iOS devices can now send and receive digital payments, which was previously limited to a small group of testers.
Smaller rival ether, the coin linked to the Ethereum blockchain, rose 1% to $3,012 after falling below $3,000 for the first time since early August.
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Bitcoin mining generates as much as 30.7 metric kilotonnes of e-waste every year as of May 2021 which is comparable to small IT equipment waste produced by countries like the Netherlands
Crypto inflows amounted to $41.6 million for the week ended Sept. 17, with bitcoin getting the bulk of inflows at $15.3 million, and ether products garnering $6.6 million
Bitcoin dropped 7.3% to $44,127 as of 7:33 a.m. in New York, reaching the lowest level in a week
Bitcoin dropped 5.4% to $45,025 as of 9:49 a.m. in London, reaching the lowest level in a week
The company said in August that it would start accepting bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency, by the end of the year.