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RBI bans Bitcoin, so why is it considering creating its own cryptocurrency?

The RBI may have barred its regulated entities from accepting cryptocurrencies, but it might just introduce its own and legalise it.

Ex-Infosys techie who ‘duped’ Indians of Rs 2,000 cr sent packing from Thailand

Amit Bhardwaj, who had allegedly duped scores of people of Rs 2,000 crore and fled to Dubai, reached India Wednesday and was handed over to probe agencies.

How a former Infosys engineer became a rich bitcoin miner and ultimately a ‘fugitive’

Amit Bhardwaj is alleged to have fled to Dubai after conning scores out of an estimated Rs 2,000 crore through a Ponzi scheme based...

Countries and financial institutions are getting cryptocurrencies and blockchain all wrong

Crypto currencies issued by countries would be more vulnerable to arbitrary interventions in supply and demand. 

Still don’t understand the blockchain? This explainer will help

Blockchain technology is expected to account for as much as 10% of global GDP by 2027. Even banks are waking up to the possibilities of cryptocurrency.

Laxmi to Bullcoin: The ‘made in India’ bitcoins

Websites promoting desi bitcoins in the garb of ‘Make in India’ initiative; Delhi Police receives 8 complaints in a month; people duped of crores of rupees.

How the meteoric rise of Bitcoin brought untold riches to Indians

Crypto-currency Bitcoin recently hit its all-time high of $11,370, and then dropped to $9,292. But Indian investors aren’t too worried about its future.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.