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Bitcoin is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, an unknown person. Use of bitcoin as a currency began in 2009, with the release of its open-source implementation. In 2021, El Salvador adopted it as legal tender. It is mostly seen as an investment and has been described by some scholars as an economic bubble. As bitcoin is pseudonymous, its use by criminals has attracted the attention of regulators, leading to its ban by several countries as of 2021.
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Bitcoin hits $100,000 as Trump picks cryptocurrency fan to head financial watchdog The world's biggest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has been valued at more than $100,000 for the first time, spurred on by Donald Trump's latest nomination for his presidential team.Sky News - Published | |
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BJP's 'Bitcoin fraud' allegation against MVA on voting day in Maharashtra, Supriya Sule responds: 'Rama Krishna Hari'A major controversy surrounding the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) bloc has triggered a row in Maharashtra, on the day of voting.DNA - Published | |
'Voice notes & messages fake': Supriya Sule rejects BJP's Bitcoin scam allegationsSupriya Sule, NCP-SCP MP, refuted allegations of using bitcoin for funding the Maharashtra Assembly elections, calling them "lies and fake." She filed complaints with cybercrime and for criminal..IndiaTimes - Published | |
'One of them is my sister': Ajit Pawar reacts to BJP's bitcoin scam charge against Supriya SuleMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar confirmed that the voice in the leaked audio clips accusing his sister, Supriya Sule, of using Bitcoin for illegal campaign funding belongs to her. He..IndiaTimes - Published | |
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Computer scientist who falsely claimed he was Bitcoin creator referred to CPSAn Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to have invented Bitcoin has been referred to UK prosecutors for alleged perjury.Sky News - Published | |
Takeaway worker arrested in £3bn Bitcoin seizure jailedA former Chinese takeaway worker found guilty of money laundering after police seized more than £3bn worth of Bitcoin has been jailed for more than six years.Sky News - Published | |
Bitcoin's highly anticipated 'halving' event takes placeBitcoin's rare halving event has taken place, according to crypto analysis firm CoinGecko.Sky News - Published | |
ED attaches assets worth Rs 98 crore of Shilpa Shetty, Raj KundraEnforcement Directorate attaches assets worth Rs 98 crore of Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra in a crypto assets ponzi scheme case. The couple faces a money laundering investigation involving over Rs 6,600..IndiaTimes - Published | |
How Chinese takeaway worker led police to Bitcoin worth £3bn in Britain's biggest ever cryptocurrency seizureWithin weeks of Yadi Zhang's arrival in London in September 2017, Jian Wen had left her job and room in a Chinese takeaway and moved into a £5m six-bedroom house near Hampstead Heath.Sky News - Published | |
Why Bitcoin has suffered a sharp pullback from record highs - and what might happen nextBitcoin has suffered a sharp pullback from record highs.Sky News - Published | Computer scientist not mystery Bitcoin creator 'Satoshi Nakamoto', says judgeAn Australian computer scientist is not 'Satoshi Nakamoto', the pseudonym attributed to the unknown person widely credited with inventing Bitcoin, a High Court judge has ruled.Sky News - Published |
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Revealed: The staggering amount of electricity that Bitcoin usesBitcoin mining consumes more electricity than most countries, according to a new report on its damaging environmental impact.Sky News - Published | Online fraud against US citizen: Cryptocurrency worth USD 930,000 seized by CBI from Ahmedabad-based manThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in India has seized over $930,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a man in Ahmedabad. The man allegedly cheated a US citizen by posing as a senior executive of a..IndiaTimes - Published |
Amateur rapper and her husband plead guilty after trying to launder stolen Bitcoin worth billionsAn amateur rapper and her husband have pleaded guilty to attempting to launder stolen Bitcoin.Sky News - Published | Briton pleads guilty to hacking stars' Twitter accounts to steal Bitcoin A British man has pleaded guilty to hacking Twitter accounts - including Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk - in a bid to con people out of Bitcoin. Sky News - Published |
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Bitcoin plummets to lowest level since December 2020 as crypto lender Celsius 'pauses' withdrawals Bitcoin has plummeted by more than 10%, dropping below $25,000 for the first time since December 2020.Sky News - Published | Bitcoin plunges to 2020 low as investors run from growing global recession fears Cryptocurrency values are taking a further pounding amid a resumption in a wider flight from risk over growing fears of an inflation-driven global recession.Sky News - Published |
FBI team in India in Bitcoin case? CBI refutes reportsIndiaTimes - Published | Bitcoin scam run by Indians from S'pore with footprint in China, UAE: EDThe Enforcement Directorate has informed the Supreme Court that while probing a money laundering case involving 80,000 Bitcoins, it found a well-planned conspiracy hatched by a Singapore-based firm..IndiaTimes - Published |
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Is Bitcoin trading legal or illegal, SC asks govtIndiaTimes - Published | |
