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Bitcoin rises 7.1% to $55,163, adds $3,661.73 to its previous close

Bitcoin rose 7.11% to $55,162.92 at 20:01 GMT on Wednesday, adding $3,661.73 to its previous close.

Crypto startup CoinSwitch Kuber is 30th Indian unicorn with $260 mn funding

It is also the second crypto unicorn in the country, with valuation crossing $1.9 bn after Series C round led by Andreessen Horowitz

Shiba Inu cryptocurrency up 216% in a week; bitcoin hits $54,000

The rally was partly fueled by Elon Musk's latest tweet about his own puppy

India's cryptocurrency market grew 641% over past year, says report

India has a 59% share of activity taking place on decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, with Pakistan at 33%, the report said

Bug accidentally gives $90 mn to users, founder begs them to return it

The price of Compound's native token, comp, initially plunged nearly 13 per cent in a day on news of the bug

Bitcoin tops $50,000 as BofA says crypto 'too large to ignore'

The rally brings prices to the highest since early September, when El Salvador rolled out the cryptocurrency as legal tender

Cryptocurrencies post inflows for 7 straight weeks, led by bitcoin: Data

Bitcoin recorded its third straight week of inflows.

CoinDCX picks Amitabh Bachchan as brand ambassador to aid crypto awareness

Crypto exchange CoinDCX on Monday roped in Amitabh Bachchan as brand ambassador to spread awareness about cryptocurrencies.

Now buy, sell Bitcoins via UPI in Indian currency on Unocoin

To trade on the Unocoin platform, a minimum top-up of Rs 1,000 is required.

Best of BS Opinion: The Chinese crackdown, RBI monetary policy, and more

Here are the top BS Opinion articles of the day

The Chinese crackdown

The State's damaging of firms in ed-tech space improves opportunity for India

Coinbase says hackers stole cryptocurrency from at least 6,000 customers

The hack took place between March and May 20 of this year, according to a copy of the letter posted on the website of California's Attorney General.

Emerging market 'cryptoization' threatens financial stability: IMF

The IMF said that unsound macroeconomic policies and inefficient payment systems are among the drivers of cryptocurrency adoption in emerging economies

Bitcoin posts biggest increase since July in a matter of minutes

The largest cryptocurrency gained as much as 10 per cent to $47,234 early in New York trading

Emerging market 'cryptoization' threatens financial stability - IMF

Bitcoin and its kin have in the last year soared in price and popularity

Rupee falls for 5th straight session, settles 9 paise down at 74.23/USD

The rupee declined by 9 paise to end at 74.23 (provisional) against the US currency on Thursday, marking its fifth straight session of fall, amid risk averse sentiments and foreign fund outflows.

Paying for Taco Bell with Dogecoin, Bitcoin may soon be a reality

BitPay already processes more than 60,000 transactions a month, more than half of them in Bitcoin

El Salvador's crypto foray offers a cautionary tale for other countries

The spread on the interest El Salvador pays on its national debt over US treasury rates has widened

Cryptocurrency recovery suggests players want to move past China ban

Bitcoin rallied close to $44,000 Monday

Bitcoin, Ether rally back to levels just before China crypto ban

Bitcoin rallied to about $44,000 as of 1:35 p.m. in Hong Kong