El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender a year ago. This is why the experiment failed completely

President Nayib Bukele misunderstood Bitcoin – and economics.

John Hawkins, The Conversation

· Sep 14, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Bengaluru: Co-founder of firm that installed bitcoin kiosk arrested

The police said 37-year-old Harish BV, the co-founder of Unocoin, was arrested on Tuesday as his company had not taken the required permissions to set it up.

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· Oct 24, 2018 · 04:02 pm

Bitcoin scam: No concrete evidence yet against businessman Raj Kundra, say investigators

Cyber Cell Inspector Manisha Zende said the Enforcement Directorate was investigating the case separately.

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· Jun 12, 2018 · 01:01 pm

With India’s bitcoin boom, cryptocurrency has become the latest front for frauds

Tech-savvy kidnappers in India have also been asking for bitcoin as ransom.

Nupur Anand, qz.com

· Jun 11, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Enforcement Directorate questions businessman Raj Kundra in Rs 2,000 crore bitcoin scam, say reports

Entrepreneur Amit Bharadwaj, who is accused of duping over 8,000 people in the scam, was arrested in April.

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· Jun 05, 2018 · 02:00 pm

Bitcoins worth Rs 20 crore stolen from one of India’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges

Coinsecure, which said 438 bitcoins stored offline had been siphoned off, suspects that its chief scientific officer is behind the breach.

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· Apr 13, 2018 · 09:22 pm

Businessman accused in Rs 2,000-crore bitcoin scam arrested at Delhi airport

Meanwhile, the RBI has asked banks not to provide services to businesses dealing in virtual currencies.

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· Apr 05, 2018 · 07:26 pm

Video: Everything you want to know about Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency dominating global headlines

Is bitcoin a ponzi scheme or a revolution that the financial system so badly needs?

Astha Rawat

· Jan 04, 2018 · 08:45 am

Centre says cryptocurrency users have no legal protection, expert panel to propose regulations

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley reiterated the government’s stance that such digital currencies are not legal tender.

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· Jan 02, 2018 · 07:07 pm

Virtual currencies are like ponzi schemes, says government as it warns against bitcoin trade

The Ministry of Finance said virtual currencies are not legal tender and do not have ‘any regulatory permission or protection’.

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· Dec 29, 2017 · 11:16 am