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TopicCryptocurrencies

Topic: cryptocurrencies

Why cryptocurrencies became an investor favourite in 2020 & how their value is determined

Why did cryptocurrencies become so popular in 2020? Is this peak sudden and temporary? Here’s a look at answers to these questions.

Bitcoin and Indian millennials – How crypto entrepreneurs have beat the system

The Indian crypto entrepreneurs are like the lemonade-stand kids who beat back Big Government. Their elders will catch up.

Bitcoin surges to highest since July 2019 after PayPal allows cryptocurrencies

PayPal customers can now buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ether, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin from digital wallets, as well as use the virtual money to shop.

Modi govt plans to make a law to ban cryptocurrency trading

India will encourage blockchain, the technology underlying cryptocurrencies, but isn’t keen on cryptocurrency trading & a bill is expected soon.

Why this China-backed crypto guru wants to unite the world’s blockchains

Connecting fragmented blockchains is key to moving technology underpinning cryptocurrencies beyond trades & speculation to include money transactions, drug-delivery tracing, etc.

How Twitter hackers have left a trail with Bitcoin wallet money transfers

Bitcoin offers users a degree of anonymity, making among criminals. But investigators can still glean valuable information from accounts that transacted with certain US services.

Supreme Court allows cryptocurrency trade in India, strikes down RBI’s 2018 circular

The RBI had prohibited banks & financial institutions from providing services with relation to cryptocurrencies.

Both Modi govt & RBI are uncomfortable with Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra

While the Reserve Bank of India has placed restrictions, the government is drafting a law with stringent penalties on their use.

Bitcoins are not Islamic, a new directive tells Indian Muslims

Bitcoin has no set rules, and is forbidden in Islam, says a new directive from the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.  

Delhi based Coinsecure loses $3 million in a Bitcoin heist

The firm is working hard to recover the money. However, its efforts might be hampered by India’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies even as global prices rebound.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

Over six-fold spike in digital transactions since 2019-20, govt informs Parliament

Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.