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US regulators to clarify rules and regulations over crypto risks in 2022

The banking regulators in the US have announced a plan to clarify the rules and regulations around how banks can use cryptocurrencies over the next year

Investing in cryptos? Divide holdings between hot and cold wallets

Keep the cryptos required for trading in the former and the balance in the latter

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

El Salvador becomes first nation to adopt bitcoin as legal currency

President Nayib Bukele, who pushed for adoption of the cryptocurrency, called for help from users who had already downloaded the government-backed app, to test if it was now working properly

Crypto not currency; needs to be regulated as asset: ex-RBI DG Gandhi

He expressed apprehension that there is a possibility of using this virtual asset for criminal activity in absence of regulation and there are numerous instances indicating that.

Bitcoin rises back above $50,000; adds $245.24 to its previous close

The world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency is up 81% from this year's low of $27,734 on Jan. 4

Bitcoin leaps 12% to test recent peaks, ether hits 3-week high

Cryptocurrencies popped to the top of recent ranges on Monday as short sellers bailed out in the wake of a strong week

Sam Altman wants to scan your eyeball in exchange for cryptocurrency

Among the many parts of its plan, Worldcoin has designed an orb-shaped device that wo­uld scan a person's iris to build a unique personal identifier

Cloud lifts over cryptocurrencies, but volatility remains: Analysts

Start with small investments, but exclude from portfolios aimed at key financial goals

Bitcoin struggles for footing on concern over tighter regulations in China

Bitcoin, the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency, rose 8.75 per cent to touch $40,000, after plunging 14 per cent on Wednesday to its lowest since late January.

Gaining currency

Large firms signal mainstream acceptance of crypto

Non-fungible tokens: Latest craze among crypto-rich art collectors

Retail investors should stay away given the high volatility

Crypto ban: It's not the solution

The government needs to realise that cryptocurrencies today are what stocks were in the 17th century. They cannot be ignored and the door cannot be shut on them in the long run

After Visa, PayPal Holdings launches cryptocurrency checkout service

Customers who hold bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash and litecoin in PayPal digital wallets will now be able to convert their holdings into fiat currencies at checkouts to make purchases, the company said

Visa allows payments using cryptocurrency, says 'seeing demand'

Company said it launched the programme with payment and crypto platform Crypto.com

Fed's Jerome Powell: Public should understand risks of Bitcoin

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the US public needs to understand the risks behind Bitcoin and other crypto currencies

Cryptocurrency trading volumes spike 17% in February - CryptoCompare

The spike came in the wake of Tesla's $1.5 billion bitcoin bet

Both kinds of currencies will evolve

Cryptos will develop frameworks for increased privacy, and checks could generate reduced intrusions into uses of conventional money

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

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