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Global cryptocurrency market sheds $275 bn, Bitcoin down at 2020 level
New Delhi : The free fall in the global cryptocurrency market continued on Thursday as over $275 billion were wiped off from its global market cap within 24 hours and Bitcoin dropped to nearly $27,000 - a level it saw in December 2020. The…
Mayhem in cryptocurrency market as Bitcoin drops below $30,000-mark
New Delhi : The global cryptocurrency market entered its worst phase ever on Tuesday, with Bitcoin dropping below $30,000 per coin and leaving millions of investors in a panic mode. The overall global cryptocurrency market dropped 13 per…
Bitcoin value drops by 50% since November peak
London : The value of Bitcoin continued to fall over the weekend as it dropped below $34,000, according to the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange, BBC reported. The world's largest cryptocurrency by market value has now fallen by 50 per cent…
Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies in free fall after interest rate hikes
New Delhi : Bitcoin on Sunday witnessed another round of free fall, slipping below $35,000 per coin, as the global crypto market went through a massive slump of over 4.5 per cent in the past 24 hours to $1.66 trillion.All cryptocurrencies…
Wikimedia Foundation discontinues cryptocurrencies as donation
New Delhi : The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has announced to discontinue direct acceptance of cryptocurrency as donation. The WMF, the organisation behind Wikipedia, received around $130,000 in crypto donations last year. "We are making this…
Investors likely to lose up to $545 mn worth Bitcoin in 2022
New Delhi : Bitcoin investors are likely to lose up to $545 million this year, owing to various reasons like forgetting passwords to their wallets or making a mistake in recording their "seed phrases", according to a new report.A seed…
Coinbase unveils NFT marketplace in limited beta
New Delhi : Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that its non-fungible tokens (NFT) marketplace is now in beta version and accessible to "a small set of beta testers who will be invited based on their position". The company said…
Now buy movie tickets in US with Dogecoin
San Francisco : Movie theatre chain AMC has announced to accept cryptocurrencies to buy tickets and snacks along with concessions using Dogecoin and Shiba Inu digital coins.The company's CEO Adam Aron announced via Twitter that the movie…
CoinSwitch Kuber temporarily disables rupee deposits
New Delhi : Crypto trading platform CoinSwitch Kuber has disabled all payments modes for crypto purchases on its platform, including bank transfers. Users of the CoinSwitch mobile app are no longer able to make rupee deposits via Unified…
Bitcoin swindlers targeting iPhone, Android users via romance apps
New Delhi : Bitcoin swindlers are now targeting iPhone and Android users through popular dating apps, such as Bumble and Tinder, charging hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake "profit tax" to unlock their crypto accounts, cyber-security…