Cryptocurrency
- Technology
Global crypto market suffers $1 trillion loss as Bitcoin crashes
New Delhi: Bitcoin, along with other digital cryptocurrencies, crashed to its lowest level on Saturday and the continuing meltdown has wiped out over $1 trillion from the global crypto market value. Bitcoin…
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Crypto hackers using fake Amazon digital token as bait to lure victims
New Delhi: Amid the crypto buzz, cyber-criminals are leveraging Amazon’s name to promote a fraudulent scheme called ‘Amazon to create its own digital token’ — leading victims to give away their credentials…
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Crypto.com loses $34 mn in hack involving 483 users
San Francisco: Leading cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has finally admitted that 483 users on its platform lost almost $34 million in various digital coins owing to a compromise in two-factor (2FA) authentication. Overall,…
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Spain joins India, Singapore to tame cryptocurrency ads
New Delhi: With an aim to reign in cryptocurrency ads promising wild returns, Spain has now joined countries like Singapore and India, stressing that the advertising of crypto-assets must be clear, balanced,…
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Tesla to accept dogecoin as payment for merchandise: Musk
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday said the electric carmaker will accept meme-based digital currency dogecoin for merchandise. “Tesla merch buyable with Dogecoin,” Musk said in a tweet. Following the…
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Binance CEO becomes one of the world’s richest billionaires
New Delhi: A cryptocurrency CEO has become one of the richest people on Earth, CNN reported. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, who runs the crypto exchange Binance, has joined the ranks of the world’s…
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Tesla owner claims he mined $800 crypto per month using EV
San Francisco: A Tesla owner has revealed that he was making $800 every month using his Model 3 EV to mine Bitcoin and Ethereum. According fo CNBC, Siraj Raval said through 2021…
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Victims of $200 mn BitMart crypto hack still waiting for refunds
San Francisco: Victims of a $200 million hack of popular cryptocurrency exchange BitMart are still waiting for their money even after over a month since the exchange was hacked. According to reports,…
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Kazakhstan: Bitcoin price decreased due to ongoing protest
The Bitcoin prices have decreased due to the protest in Kazakhstan, the country’s facing a lack of internet access, as a result, the biggest network of Bitcoin remain inactive the whole day.…
- Pakistan
Pakistan issues notice to cryptocurrency exchange in $100mn scam
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said that it had issued a notice to Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, during the investigation of an alleged cryptocurrency scam involving around $100 million. The notice…
- Business
Mozilla pauses crypto donations amid climate impact debate
San Francisco: After facing a backlash, Mozilla, the nonprofit organisation behind the Firefox web browser, has announced to stop taking cryptocurrency donations. Cryptocurrency mining has come under intense scrutiny for its climate…
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Inflation concerns, volatility in risky assets to boost gold’s demand: ICICI Securities
New Delhi: Rising concerns over higher inflation and expectations of high volatility in riskier assets are expected to boost the demand for gold in 2022, brokerage house ICICI Securities said. Besides, the…