JPMorgan’s Dimon blasts bitcoin as ‘worthless’, due for regulation
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) chief executive, said on Monday at a conference that cryptocurrencies will be regulated by governments and that he...
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Ether falls 1 per cent ahead of major upgrade to network
Ether fell about 1 per cent on Wednesday ahead of a technical adjustment to its underlying ethereum blockchain that would alter the way transactions are...
Cyprus Business Now
The Limassol municipality is helping businesses affected by the pandemic by suspending or discounting a number of fees and taxes. According to a press release...
Bitcoin falls below $30,000 for first time in a month
Bitcoin fell on Tuesday to its lowest in almost a month, slumping below $30,000 as regulators continued calls for tighter checks on cryptocurrencies. The world’s...
China doubles down efforts on virtual currency regulation
China has enhanced supervision over virtual currencies to further fend off financial risks and forestall speculation in virtual currency businesses. Bitcoin mining and trading-related activities...
Why Chia isn’t as green a coin it claims to be
Chia, a newcomer into the cryptocurrency market, has tried to differentiate itself from Bitcoin by flaunting its green credentials. But what exactly is Chia and...
Bitcoin hits record before landmark Coinbase listing on Nasdaq
Bitcoin hit a record of $62,741 on Tuesday, extending its 2021 rally to new heights a day before the listing of Coinbase shares in the...
More Britons take a bet on bitcoin
The number of people in Britain buying cryptoassets like bitcoin and ether has more than doubled over the past year, but many are still unaware they...
Banks in Britain and US ban Bitcoin buying with credit cards
Banks in Britain and the United States have banned the use of credit cards to buy Bitcoin and other “cryptocurrencies”, fearing a plunge in their...
Bitcoin tumbles as cryptocurrency sell-off intensifies
Cryptocurrencies plunged on Friday, with bitcoin at one point sliding below $8,000 and headed for its biggest weekly loss since December 2013, as worries about...
What you need to know about Bitcoin
By Alex Moskov The Bitcoin world is abuzz with both excitement and curiosity… and the opportunity for upside potential to skyrocket. Everyone from everyday Joes...
Bitcoin slumps to $10,000 after losing half its value
Bitcoin slid to $10,000 on Wednesday for the first time since Dec. 1, leaving the cryptocurrency down by close to half from its peak hit last...
How cryptocurrency has become a legitimate investment option
One of the major concerns about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies was whether they would be considered legitimate forms of payment by businesses and other entities....
Bitcoin rises 10 pct, recovers from last week’s brutal selloff
Bitcoin extended its recovery in holiday-thinned trading on Tuesday, rising 10 percent to be up more than a third from last week’s lows of below...
Limassol to get first bitcoin embassy
Limassol will get its first bitcoin embassy in early 2018, fintech company Hello Group announced on Friday. The announcement followed the launch of the first...
Bitcoin surges above $15,000 after climbing $2,000 in 12 hours
Bitcoin rocketed above $15,000 for the first time on Thursday, after adding more than $2,000 to its price in fewer than 12 hours. Bitcoin, the...
Bitcoin rebounds to $10,500 after US regulator approves futures
Bitcoin rebounded on Friday to hit the day’s highs above $10,500, recovering from an earlier dip below $9,500, after the US derivatives regulator said it...
Island’s first Bitcoin ATM now operational in Limassol
Fintech company, Hello Group, on Wednesday announced the launch of the first Bitcoin ATM in Cyprus in Limassol. The company said the machine provides users...
Bitcoin tops $10,000, marks 10-fold increase in 2017
Virtual currency bitcoin soared to an all-time high above $10,000 on Wednesday on major exchanges and digital currency indexes, including the widely followed Luxembourg-based trading platform BitStamp....
Bubble or breakthrough? Bitcoin keeps central bankers on edge
Central bankers say the success of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is just a bubble. But it keeps them awake at night because these private currencies...