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Bitcoin tops $106,000, hopes grow for strategic reserve

YoopyaDec 16, 2024December 16, 20240

Dec 16 (Reuters) – Bitcoin hit a record high above $106,000 on Monday after President-elect Donald Trump suggested he plans to create a U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve similar to

Bitcoin tops $100,000 with Trump-election crypto rally rolling on

YoopyaDec 5, 2024December 5, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin topped $100,000 for the first time as a massive rally in the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, largely accelerated by the

A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for £4.9 million – part of the evolving relationship between art and finance

YoopyaNov 28, 2024November 28, 20240

On the evening of November 20, Sotheby’s auction house sold an artwork by Maurizio Cattelan for an astonishing sum. The piece, entitled Comedian, is not

Bitcoin ticks closer to $100,000 in extended surge following US elections

YoopyaNov 23, 2024November 23, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin extended its streak of record highs after ticking above $99,000 for the first time. The cryptocurrency has rocketed more than

Bitcoin rises above $80,000 for first time

YoopyaNov 10, 2024November 10, 20240

Nov 10 (Reuters) – Bitcoin was trading near record $80,000 on Sunday after hitting it earlier in the session, following Donald Trump’s decisive victory in

Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, the onetime crypto mogul sentenced to 25 years in prison?

YoopyaMar 28, 2024March 31, 20240

NEW YORK, March 28 (Reuters) – A few years after graduating from college, Sam Bankman-Fried grew worried he was not taking enough risks. So the

US SEC approves bitcoin ETFs in watershed for crypto market

YoopyaJan 10, 2024January 10, 20240

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday approved the first U.S.-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) to track bitcoin, its Chair

Nigerian central bank lifts ban on crypto trading

YoopyaDec 23, 2023December 23, 20230

LAGOS, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s central bank has lifted a ban on transacting in cryptocurrencies, while saying global trends had shown a need to

PayPal abandons Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency group

YoopyaOct 5, 2019May 29, 20230

Pioneering digital payments firm PayPal on Friday said it is abandoning an alliance intended to oversee the Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency, which has come under attack

Transneft says its computers were used for mining cryptocurrency

YoopyaDec 15, 2017June 7, 20230

Computers at Transneft (TRNF_p.MM) have been used for the unauthorized manufacture, or mining, of the cryptocurrency Monero, a vice-president of the Russian pipeline operator said.