Bitcoin Controversy
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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
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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.
Scroll Staff
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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.
Scroll Staff
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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The European Union investigated the 2002 Gujarat riots – but is refusing to make its report public
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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
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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.
Scroll Staff
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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.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza sings in Tamil at AR Rahman’s concert in Kuala Lumpur
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Watch: Three snow leopard cubs on a mountain road at night flee as car drives behind them
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Watch: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav sings Hindi film hit with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya
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Watch: Former Pakistan cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed sings for cricketer Shan Masood at his wedding
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‘Space travel will let us live forever’: Video of writer Ray Bradbury’s 1974 interview resurfaces
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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.
Scroll Staff
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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
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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.
Scroll Staff
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