BlogHide Resteemssumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoTop banks suspend accounts of major Bitcoin exchanges in IndiaTop banks of the country have suspended some accounts of major Bitcoin exchanges in India on suspicion of dubious transactions. Banks including leading ones such as State Bank of India, Axis Bank…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoBitcoin a 'long-term' buy, cryptocurrency exchange provider saysMANILA - Investors should look at bitcoin as a long-term investment, a cryptocurrency exchange provider said Monday, as regulators around the world moved to control the volatile digital tender.…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years ago$15K in Sight? Bitcoin PricesBitcoin looks set to explore a move towards $15,000 levels in the next 24 hours. Having defended $13,000 on Friday, CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index rose to a high of $14,536 on Saturday before once…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoForking Bitcoins bring two new cryptosLast year Bitcoin forked multiple times but the most successful one was Bitcoin Cash providing a rival chain that caused a rift within the BTC community. This year both versions are forking again…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoMnuchin Warns Against Bitcoin Becoming the Next ‘Swiss Bank Account’U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he will work with the Group of 20 nations to prevent cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin from becoming the digital equivalent of an anonymous Swiss bank…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoBitcoin is no long the only game in crypto-currency townIT STARTED as a joke. Dogecoin was launched in 2013 as a bitcoin parody, using as its mascot a Japanese shiba inu dog, a popular internet meme. The crypto-currency was never really used, except for…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoBitcoin drops below $15,000 as regulation, demand concerns lingerBitcoin slumped, dragging down smaller rivals such as ether and litecoin, as concerns that regulators will tighten their grip on the market weigh on the world's largest cryptocurrency. Regulators…sumitmall (30)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoCryptocurrency ripple crashes 30% in 24 hours; bitcoin also droppingRipple crashed more than 30 percent on Monday. It traded at $2.18, according to Coinmarketcap.com. The digital currency also lost its spot as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. After…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoBitcoin prices reclaim $17,000 after trading in the tight range of $15,500-$16,000 for nearly a weekA few days after the media reports appeared suggesting that PayPal's co-founder Peter Thiel's 'Founder Fund' invested over $15 million in bitcoins last year, the cryptocurrency prices started…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoForget Bitcoin and Litecoin; cryptocurrency TRON is up 12755% in just one monthA month ago, hardly anyone knew about TRON (TRX). After all, that was the time all eyes were on bitcoin's blistering bull run. But the day of this altcoin seems to have arrived, and how. On December…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoPeter Thiel’s Founders Fund Makes Monster Bet on BitcoinOne of the biggest names in Silicon Valley is placing a moonshot bet on bitcoin. Founders Fund, the venture-capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, has amassed hundreds of millions of dollars of…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoGovernment Can't Prevent Misuse Of Bitcoin By Terrorists: Arun JaitleyNew Delhi: There is no mechanism to prevent the misuse of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin by terror groups and other anti-national elements, the government said on Tuesday, adding it was awaiting…sumitmall (30)in currency • 7 years agoWhy do people even use currency?Why do people even use currency? Because it's so much easier than barter! Look I'm a chemist by trade. If I have to trade hours of chemistry labor for a certain amount of vegan meatballs it's…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoFTSE 100 hits record high; Bitcoin falls as South Korea announces crackdown - business liveThe FTSE 100 has hit another record closing high - but only just. The index ended the last full trading day of the year (tomorrow traders knock off work at 12.30) up a magnificent 0.03% at…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoBitcoin 'doesn't pass the smell test,' says Massachusetts securities regulatorMassachusetts' top securities regulator said his office is qualified to issue a warning on bitcoin because the digital currency is "entirely speculation." "It doesn't pass the smell test," William…sumitmall (30)in bicoin • 7 years agoBitcoin's Real 2018 BottleneckAfter a year of explosive price growth, forks, failed forks and more, there is much that can be said about bitcoin in 2017. Massive strides were taken, and much has been learned. However, as we push…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoIsraeli regulator wants a stock market ban on companies that are based on cryptocurrencies like bitcoinShmuel Hauser, the chairman of the Israel Securities Authority, told the Calcalist business conference he will bring the proposal to the ISA board next week. If approved, it would be subject to a…sumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoCryptocurrencies resume selloff as one-day recovery fizzlesMadrid: The biggest cryptocurrencies resumed their decline on Sunday, failing to reverse a selloff that began when bitcoin’s unprecedented rally fell short of breaking above $20,000. A rebound on…sumitmall (30)in new • 7 years agoHey Steemit user whats your next move for 2018 ? Marry Christmas Everyonesumitmall (30)in bitcoin • 7 years agoBitcoin is a bubble, but the technology behind it could transform the worldHumanity’s earliest, truly transformative general purpose technologies were the ability to cross-fertilise plants and cross-breed animals. Suddenly, it made more sense to farm than to hunt and…