Tag: bitcoin

FRANKFURT/LONDON: Cryptocurrency firms will be subjected to rules to prevent the abuse of digital coins such as bitcoin for money laundering, a global watchdog...

Police arrested a gang demanding Bitcoin as ransom after kidnapping a person, a local media outlet reported while quoting a police report. Lahore’s deputy commissioner’s...

A Pakistani-born American woman has acknowledged her role in defrauding numerous financial institutions in a bitcoin scheme to help the militant Islamic State (IS)...

LONDON: An anonymous benefactor has donated $5 million (3.53 million pounds) in bitcoin to the California-based Open Medicine Foundation, the non-profit research organisation said...

WASHINGTON DC: Dominant digital currency bitcoin should not be allowed to become the Swiss bank account of the modern era used to hide illicit activity,...

TOKYO: Japan has a new all-girl "idol" band -- the Virtual Currency Girls -- on a mission to educate the public about bitcoin and...

Hurricane Irma, bitcoin, sex scandal and royal romance were some of the hot topics explored this year at internet giant Google. Irma, the devastating...

Turkish authorities have declared that Bitcoin is not accordant with Islam and has warned its citizens against buying the world's most popular cryptocurrency. Turkey's Directorate of Religious...