Business

Bitcoin zooms to record beyond $72,000

Bitcoin raced to an all-time peak above $72,000 Monday as the world's most popular cryptocurrency won further support on greater trading accessibility and dollar weakness.

Business

Bitcoin breaks $50,000 for first time since 2021

Bitcoin spiked above $50,000 Tuesday for the first time in more than two years as investors grow optimistic that US approval of broader trading in the unit will ramp up demand.

Business

Venezuela kills off petro cryptocurrency

Venezuela is putting an end to the petro cryptocurrency that President Nicolas Maduro launched six years ago to sidestep US sanctions, but which never took off and became embroiled in a graft scandal.

Business

Cryptocurrency's surprising transparency advantage

As perhaps befits a product of the post-2008 economy, the cryptocurrency space has never known normalcy. In a mere 13 years, crypto went from an untried software innovation of mysterious origin to being touted as the future ...

Business

Crypto a 'flawed system': BIS

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said Tuesday that decentralized cryptocurrencies are a "flawed system" and instead supported the development of a centralized alternative.

page 1 from 8