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While Bitcoin Trades Above $19K In India — Tax Officials Are Snooping for Gains

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Bitcoin is booming in India, and the top trading platforms in the country Zebpay, Coinsecure, Unocoin, and Bitxoxo have seen unprecedented trade volumes and exchange sign-ups. However, in the midst of the bitcoin fever taking place in the region, the country’s Income Tax Department of India (ITDI) has been investigating exchanges and are researching the … Read more

Indian Entrepreneurs Rush to Launch Crypto Companies Following Bitcoin Boom

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Despite the government ramping up regulatory measures for bitcoin traders and exchanges, Indian entrepreneurs are rushing to set up companies with bitcoin or cryptocurrency-related words in their names. Also read: South Korea Clarifies Position After Reports of Possible Ban on All Crypto Transactions Capitalizing on Crypto Indian entrepreneurs have been rushing to register businesses with the … Read more

Indian Police Forces Break up Gang Praying on Bitcoin Investors

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The incredible bitcoin price rally this year has attracted a lot of new people to the cryptocurrency world, many of them just looking to make a quick buck without understanding too much what they are getting into. Naturally this kind of situation attracts criminals that look to exploit it, the most recent example being a … Read more

This Week in Bitcoin: Markets Wobble While Fees Keep Soaring

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Bitcoin never sleeps or slows. With the holidays approaching, there was zero chance of the world’s leading cryptocurrency taking a break so we could tend to last-minute shopping and drinking. Like the primadonna that she is, this week in bitcoin continued the year’s trend of hogging the limelight, with tales of rising fees and Coinbase … Read more

It Came from the East: How Asia Bolstered Cryptocurrencies in 2017

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Bitcoin and the digital asset economy has seen a meteoric rise in value over the course of 2017. Various countries have caught the cryptocurrency fever, but the lion’s share of digital asset demand has stemmed from regions located in Asia. It’s clear from various data recorded all year long that countries like Japan, South Korea, … Read more

PR: The Future of Trading Is Here – Social Trading Platform Trak Invest

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TrakInvest, a virtual social trading platform has been disrupting the financial services landscape across Asia since 2014. Headquarted in Singapore, with operations in India, Thailand and Hong Kong, TrakInvest, at its core, is about “Crowdsourcing of Financial Wisdom” and rewarding its participants in a decentralized economy, based on performance and insights. Backed by an experienced … Read more

Indian Couple Asked to Be Gifted Bitcoin at Wedding

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An Indian couple requested for friends and family to gift them bitcoin at their wedding earlier this month. The couple, Prashant Sharma and Niti Shree, are the founders of a startup in the technology industry and hold high hopes for the future of bitcoin and distributed ledger technology. Also Read: India’s Crypto Crackdown: Wealthy Bitcoiners Targeted, … Read more