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The story of banning Bitcoin in India seems not to be any near to the end. At first, it was the country's Reserve Bank (RBI) calling for the immediate ban of cryptocurrencies. Now, it's the people and businessmen themselves that are calling for the government to put a total ban on Bitcoin.

The US President Joe Biden promised to deliver a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan to revamp the country's economy that was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The USA has been the globe’s major player in practically all industries. No wonder that all nascent technologies find their home and development in the country. Cryptocurrency is not an exception. Despite its motherland being considered to be China, the first commercial transaction involving digital assets was made in the USA.

Despite the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry being nascent, it is rapidly growing in all terms, including job opportunities. For now, it has employed thousands of people, with the number of vacancies and specializations expected to increase.

A trademark crypto-war is afoot in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Safex, a blockchain engine for ecommerce, won the first battle by successfully obtaining emergency relief which requires the defendants Safeth LTD., and its principals Joey “Crypto” Lathus and Cynthia Lathus to immediately stop using the Safex name and logo in connection with their competing cryptocurrency.

The month of January 2021 has not been fair to some of the popular digital currencies among the top 10 cryptocurrencies on the market. There was a big amount of volatility in most of the cryptocurrencies. The price of the most cryptocurrencies fell following the warning from Janet Yellen, the US Treasury Secretary, about the illicit use of digital currencies including Bitcoin.

Being a cryptocurrency supporter is something like a trend now. This has triggered politicians to become crypto-friendly to win the support of people. Did it help them to win elections?

The protesters that stormed the Capitol received Bitcoin donations worth around $550,000. Does that mean someone is funding domestic extremists to bring the country’s economy down?

Privacy coins have been a quite controversial topic for long. While many users favour them as a way to preserve their privacy, cryptocurrency exchanges and regulators are against them. But do they really pose a threat?