Bitcoin

Blockchain and cryptocurrency companies have a large presence at this year's Davos meeting, which coincides with a period of crypto prices plummeting around the world.

Bitcoin has fallen 45% since El Salvador officially adopted it in early September, and 26% from its May high as crypto assets have been swept up in a risk-off investing environment.

Bitcoin was hovering around $30,000 on Tuesday, having lost more than 20% so far this month.

Major stablecoins swung between roughly $0.95 and $1.02 last week, according to data provider Coinmarketcap, after having maintained their peg to within a cent previously in 2022.

Crypto markets, which trade around the clock, had a quiet weekend after turmoil last week driven by TerraUSD, a so-called stablecoin, broke its dollar peg.

In cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin was last up 5.1% at $31,277, having touched its lowest since December 2020 last week

Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies designed to be protected from the wild volatility that makes it difficult to use digital assets for payments or as a store of value.

Bitcoin's value has more than halved since a November surge that saw the token hit a record of nearly $69,000.

Portugal has long sought foreign cash by giving tax breaks and special visas to foreign investors and so-called digital nomads

Griffin in October called cryptocurrencies "a jihadist call that we don't believe in the dollar."

The Bank of Canada has previously said cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are speculative investments that "do not have a plausible claim to become the money of the future."

China's financial hub of Shanghai has now been under strict lockdown to fight COVID for around a month

American electric vehicle maker Tesla also started accepting Dogecoin as payment for its merchandise.

Since the Taliban returned in August, Afghanistan's economy has virtually collapsed

The White House said around 16 percent of adult Americans have invested in, traded or used cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices have jumped since the invasion but not simply because of Russian investment.

The club may be desperate for cash, but they are still cautious about doing business in the volatile industry

There is a theory that if a group was to obtain more than 50 percent of a particular blockchain, it could start rewriting transactions

The funds were used to buy items such as gold or digital NFTs (non-fungible tokens), according to US officials

After the defection of several major partners such as PayPal, Visa and Mastercard, the organization scaled back its ambitions

The Bank of Russia called Thursday for reinforcing the ban on cryptocurrency payments, banning crypto-mining, and tightening laws on trading virtual money.

Growth in scams was 82 percent last year, according to Chainalysis.

The spike toward record ransomware attacks and data leaks in 2021 looks likely to spill over into the coming year.

A whopping $26.9 billion changed hands in NFT sales in 2021, according to blockchain research firm Chainalysis.

After the market value of all its coins together exceeded $30 million, investors then discovered that they could not cash in on their gains.

Crypto prices have been driven higher by both institutional demand and retail buying

After several years of back-to-back losses, the company seems set to return to profitability this year.

Bitcoin, the world's biggest cryptocurrency, hit a record-high $66,000 last month after taking another step towards mainstream status.

Experts regard the phenomenon as a form of gambling addiction

Players can partake in games on a virtual platform using the cryptocurrency