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adminMay 25, 2021

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Hong Kong : The death of Canadian entrepreneur Gerald Cotten, died due to complications with Crohn’s disease while travelling in India in December, has left a huge stash of cryptocurrencies locked off from the people who own them. Quadriga, Canada’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, said it’s unable to gain access to $145 million of bitcoin and […]

adminMay 25, 2021

Cannes : Singer Akon is launching his own “AKoin” cryptocurrency in an effort to grow crypto-based apps in Africa to bring economic power back to the continent. Akon, who is of Senegalese descent and has spent years running ‘Lighting Africa’ — a project aimed at bringing solar power to African nations — presented his plan […]

adminMay 25, 2021

San Francisco : After Facebook and Google, Microsoft has now banned advertisements showing cryptocurrencies and related products from its Bing search engine. “Because cryptocurrency and related products are not regulated, we have found them to present a possible elevated risk to our users with the potential for bad actors to participate in predatory behaviours, or […]

adminMay 25, 2021

New Delhi : Welcoming the RBI’s move to explore introduction of an official virtual currency in India, industry chamber Assocham on Sunday cautioned that extreme care be taken to ensure safety of the data trail that cryptocurrency transactions can leave behind. Placing a ban on all regulated entities, including banks, from dealing in virtual currencies […]

adminMay 25, 2021

San Francisco : After Facebook and Google, Twitter was now likely to ban cryptocurrency, token sales and Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) advertisements on its platform. According to a Sky News report on Monday, the new Twitter policy will be implemented in two weeks. “Twitter may also ban all ads for cryptocurrency exchanges, with some limited […]

adminMay 25, 2021

By Rohan Juneja & Vatsal Srivastava, Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. With the total market capitalisation of the cryptocurrency universe at more than $500 billion, many are wondering whether these digital currencies represent that big idea. Non-believers in cryptocurrencies have a standard answer: Blockchain is the big idea. Digital […]

adminMay 25, 2021

Tokyo : The price of bitcoin dropped 20 per cent in the Japanese markets after authorities on Friday inspected the headquarters of the cryptocurrency exchange operator Coincheck. They were probing the financial situation in the wake of cyber attacks that took place a week ago, Efe news reported. The bitcoin traded on Friday below $8,011 […]

adminMay 25, 2021

By Vatsal Srivastava Isaac Newton once said that he could calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people. Newton is believed to have lost almost all of his fortune during the South Sea bubble in the spring of 1720. Nothing epitomises the madness of people more than the frenzy we are […]

adminMay 25, 2021

Seoul : The South Korean government on Thursday took measures to ban the use of anonymous virtual accounts in cryptocurrency transactions following a ministerial meeting. The measures, currently in effect, stipulate deposits and withdrawals be allowed only in digital accounts that can be verified with the bank account with a person’s name, and also ban […]

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Crypto exchange may have lost $145 mn after CEO dies in India

Akon launches cryptocurrency to power youth entrepreneurship in Africa

Microsoft bans cryptocurrency ads on Bing search engine

RBI must ensure safety of proposed cryptocurrency: Assocham

Twitter likely to ban cryptocurrency ads: Report

FM needs to hear all sides before acting against cryptos

Bitcoin plunges 20% in Japan fearing inspection

Ripple: Potential tech giant mistaken for a cryptocurrency

S.Korea bans use of anonymous cryptocurrency accounts

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