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Bitcoin, meanwhile, has gained 164 per cent in the last one year - from a level of around $37,000 to nearly $98,300 now. This is despite the cryptocurrency halving in April 2024.

As Bitcoin reaches new heights following the US elections, we explore the key factors driving this surge and what it means for investors

he fact that bitcoin was trading near all-time highs when the election result came through meant that it had clean sky above." Trump embraced digital assets during his campaign, promising to make the

The effort succeeded last week, with many of the industry's chosen candidates winning their races, potentially ushering in a Congress poised to champion crypto

Report from blockchain analytics company Chainalysis which tracks adoption across four sub-categories in 151 countries, showed India ranked high on usage of centralized exchange finance assets

The path to wide acceptance as a mainstream asset may be slow and twisting

Crypto icon Kabosu, the Japanese dog who inspired Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, passed away at the age of 17. The owner of the dog shared the information through his blog post

A 40-year-old Indian national extradited from the UK has pleaded guilty to operating a global dark web enterprise to sell "deadly and dangerous drugs to communities across America" and agreed to forfeit approximately USD 150 million in cryptocurrency. According to court documents, Banmeet Singh from Haldwani in Uttarakhand created vendor marketing sites on dark web marketplaces to sell controlled substances, including fentanyl, LSD, ecstasy, Xanax, Ketamine, and Tramadol, the US Department of Justice said in a press release. Customers ordered controlled substances from Singh using the vendor sites and by paying with cryptocurrency. Singh then personally shipped or arranged the shipment of the drugs from Europe to America through US mail or other shipping services, the release said on Friday. Banmeet Singh and traffickers like him think they can operate anonymously on the dark web and evade prosecution...Today's guilty plea, which includes forfeiture of approximately USD 150 million

Investors deposited $371 million in the fund on Wednesday, pushing IBIT past the milestone, data compiled by Bloomberg show

Cryptocurrency news: The outlook for 2024 continues to remain positive, mainly on the back of Bitcoin ETFs

Binance will provide the interns the opportunity to interact with company executives and managers along with other professionals in the industry

The collapse of several banks in the last two weeks has spread fears of contagion in global markets, but crypto markets saw a bull run, with Bitcoin climbing to its nine-month high on Monday

Cryptocurrency news: On Tuesday, the Centre issued a notification to bring VDAs under the ambit of anti-money laundering law in India

Silvergate has been a go-to bank for the biggest crypto players but has come under fire since the collapse of FTX late last year

The minutes, released on Wednesday, said that the members believe "ongoing" rate hikes will be necessary

The total market cap has improved marginally from $855 billion last Friday to $859 billion on December 9

Bharat Web3 Association says collapse of USA's FTX highlights 'lacunae in corporate governance'

BlockFi said in a statement that it will use the Chapter 11 process to "focus on recovering all obligations owed to BlockFi by its counterparties, including FTX and associated corporate entities"

The crypto exchange received 828 requests from law enforcement agencies, of which 764 were Indian and 64 were foreign

Is it the beginning of crypto's end?

FTX, the world's second biggest crypto exchange, has gone bankrupt. Bitcoin fell another 12% in the last five days, after shedding over 70% this past year. So is it the beginning of the end of crypto?