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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicCryptocurrencies

Topic: cryptocurrencies

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

Charlie Kirk’s killing has America at war with itself. Foreigners & visa-seekers ‘warned’

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, gunned down this week, was no ordinary influencer. He helped bring the Trump administration to power. His death has deepened America’s Left-Right divide.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.