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Cryptos should be seen as a public good

Elon Musk's $1.5 billion investment in bitcoin last week is testimony to the potential of the digital asset.

Street signs: Railtel GMP at 30%, Bitcoin mirrors equity, and more

Railtel's Rs 820-crore IPO opens on Tuesday. The offering is entirely an offer for sale by the government.

Canadian regulator clears world's first bitcoin exchange traded fund launch

The Ontario Securities Commission has approved the launch of Purpose Bitcoin ETF, Toronto-based asset management company Purpose Investments Inc. said in a statement

India is Asia's best post-Covid recovery story: Chris Wood

Rising inflation expectations, Wood believes, is one of the reasons that will boost cyclical trades going ahead, and the best way to play this is via bank and oil-related stocks

World shares dip and Bitcoin hits yet another record high

Bitcoin reached $49,000 before erasing gains

Sensex ends volatile trade 12 pts up; RIL jumps 6% this week, ITC down 7%

On the sectoral front, the Nifty Metal index skid 1.7 per cent, followed by the Nifty FMCG index declined 1.5 per cent

Elon Musk's younger brother sells $25.6 million worth of Tesla shares

According to a filing with the US Securities And Exchange Commission, the 48-year-old sold 30,000 shares on February 9, reports marketwatch.com

Asian shares stuck in holiday lull over US economic data, bitcoin soars

Bitcoin surged yet again to a new record high after BNY Mellon said it will offer custodian services for cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin hits all-time high after Mastercard, BNY Mellon support crypto

Bank of New York Mellon said Thursday it will hold, transfer and issue Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for institutional customers

Investors cautious on Tesla's $1.5 bn bitcoin splurge, question move

Shareholders voiced concern that the investment by Tesla, which recently joined the benchmark S&P 500 stock index, could fuel more gyrations in the company's shares

Twitter has thought about holding bitcoin, not decided yet: Report

Twitter had considered how it might pay vendors or employees using bitcoin, should they ask to transact using the virtual currency

Yellen eyes innovation to battle misuse of crypto, narrow digital gaps

She said passage of the Anti-Money Laundering Act in December would allow the Treasury Department to rework a framework for combating illicit finance that has been largely unchanged since the 1970s

Elon Musk wants clean power. But Tesla's carrying bitcoin's dirty baggage

The landmark inclusion of the cryptocurrency in Tesla's investment portfolio could complicate the company's zero-emissions ethos

Regulation is key

Banning cryptocurrencies is a poor idea

Autos, RIL set-off losses in banks; Sensex dips 20 pts, Nifty holds 15,100

The broader markets, however, bucked the trend and ended higher today. The S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices added 0.7 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively at close

Elon Musk's Bitcoin investment follows months of Twitter talk on cryptos

Tesla's $1.5 billion Bitcoin investment unveiled on Monday may not surprise CEO Elon Musk's followers on Twitter, where he has shown himself as a major proponent of the soaring cryptocurrency

Digital currency an idea that can go far, but will RBI explore it?

Skepticism is high about "Retail Direct" because previous attempts at bringing public debt to the masses haven't gone anywhere

Top headlines: New rules on holding firms unclear, Ruia's EoI for Air India

From New Budget rules on holding firms queering the pitch for sovereign, pension funds to Pawan Ruia's EoI for Air India, Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour

Indian investors join the bitcoin party after Tesla CEO Musk's endorsement

Bitcoin has been on fire ever since Musk announced that Tesla had bought $1.5 billion of the cryptocurrency, and that his electric-vehicle company would accept bitcoin from buyers

Govt to bring forward a Crypto Bill soon: Clear definitions, no grey areas

Operationalising the ban is being fleshed out by Centre