| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.05.2024 | Exclusive: No-code platform Plotline bags seed to make data-driven, dynamic apps | As enterprises race to drive customer engagement to boost revenues, Plotline, a young startup from California, is solving the challenge with another approach: data-driven dynamic app experiences. The company today announced $2.6 million in ... |
| 28.03.2024 | Стейкинг NFT: как это работает? | Стейкинг NFT - способ заблокировать активы (NFTs) на смарт-контрактах с возможностью получения вознаграждения или других привилегий протокола без необходимости продажи или передачи NFT другому пользователю.
Множество проектов ищут способы п... |
| 21.03.2024 | Crypto exchange OKX ceases services in India | Crypto exchange OKX is ceasing services for users in India, it said in an email to customers Thursday, advising them to withdraw their funds by April-end.
The move follows Apple and Google pulling the eponymous app of OKX in the country aft... |
| 13.03.2024 | Blockchain startup Sei Labs creates an interesting solution to make Ethereum faster | Sei Labs, a startup co-founded by a former Robinhood engineer and a former VC from Coatue, has launched a new open sourced project that offers a novel and exciting approach to make Ethereum faster and less expensive for developers.
On Wedne... |
| 21.02.2024 | Why Polygon's MATIC Token Has Lagged During Past Year's Crypto Rally | MATIC, which produced market-beating returns during the 2021 bull market, has been less loved in the past 12 months, significantly underperforming BTC, ETH and layer-2 coins ARB, OPT and SKL.
Polygon zkEVM and other zero-knowledge rollups p... |
| 02.01.2024 | Digital Assets and Blockchain Industry Set for Sustainable Growth in 2024 with Focus on Compliance and Real-World Use-Cases | The year 2024 is set to be an exceptional period for the digital assets and blockchain sector. Throughout most of 2023, there were a number of key developments that will now shape the future of the crypto industry in the coming year and eve... |
| 28.03.2023 | Orderly Network secures funding from India’s CoinDCX Ventures | Nassau, Bahamas, 28th March, 2023, Chainwire
Orderly powering the next phase of evolution in the DeFi/DEX space
Orderly Network, a permissionless, decentralized trading infrastructure, has raised funds from CoinDCX Ventures, the investmen... |
| 26.12.2022 | CoinDCX Ventures to deploy ₹50 crore in 2023, looks at new investment themes | CoinDCX Ventures, the investment arm of the crypto unicorn CoinDCX plans to deploy ₹50 crore in 2023. The fund is eyeing investments in scalable platforms, developer tools, and decentralised finance (Defi) among other existing investment th... |
| 25.11.2022 | CoinDCX Has More Than $129 Mn In Crypto Assets: Proof-of-Reserves Report | As of Friday (November 25), CoinDCX’s net worth stands at $129,866,391.36.
Bitcoin accounts for 13.13% of CoinDCX’s total assets
CoinDCX holds nearly $56 Mn in its native wallet, $68 Mn in Binance Spot & Earn and around $5.6 Mn in Polyg... |
| 26.08.2022 | CoinDCX launches platform to make DeFi apps accessible to masses | The complex onboarding and user experience is the price people pay to use decentralized apps — and it’s also one of the reasons most are not using those services. A top Indian crypto exchange wants to fix that for users worldwide.
CoinDCX o... |
| 09.08.2022 | CoinDCX announces UNFOLD 2022; winner to get over $1 million funding | CoinDCX announces UNFOLD 2022; winner to get over $1 million funding
Premium Crypto exchange CoinDCX announces UNFOLD 2022. 3 min read . Updated: 09 Aug 2022, 10:16 AM IST Livemint
UNFOLD 2022 will provide a platform for industry stalwarts ... |
| 10.05.2022 | CoinDCX launches venture arm to back crypto startups; earmarks Rs 100 cr | Nebilo Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX, Tuesday announced the launch of CoinDCX Ventures to back early-stage crypto and blockchain startups with an allocation of Rs 100 crore, to be deployed over next 12 mo... |
| 10.05.2022 | CoinDCX announces new investment venture for Web3 startups, earmarks Rs 100 crore | Team TC 10 May, 2022
Crypto platform CoinDCX on Tuesday announced the launch of CoinDCX Ventures, an investment initiative that will fund early-stage crypto and blockchain startups. The platform will focus on Web3 ecosystem in India and glo... |
| 20.04.2022 | Cardano’s network is doing well, but there’s a long way to go | Advertisement
Cardano has gained 400 new projects in the last one month alone.
The total value locked in Cardano’s network has increased to over $200 million in that time as well.
BNB Chain and Solana are still significantly ahead of Cardan... |
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| 19.04.2022 | Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Bags $135 Mn In Series D; Valuation Doubles To $2.15 Bn | The crypto exchange unicorn CoinDCX has raised more than $135 Mn (INR 1,000 Cr) in a Series D funding round.
Led by Pantera and Steadview, the round also saw participation from investors such as Kingsway, DraperDragon, Republic, and Kindred... |
| 19.04.2022 | Indian Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Raises Over $135M in New Funding Round | Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX raised over $135 million in Series D funding, the co-founder and CEO, Sumit Gupta wrote in a Twitter post. The funding increases CoinDCX's valuation to $2.15 billion from $1.1 billion following Series C fundin... |
| 19.04.2022 | Temasek-backed India crypto firm tops $2b valuation with $135m raise | BlockchainInvestmentsNewsStartups
Miguel Cordon · 20h ago · 1 min readTemasek-backed India crypto firm tops $2b valuation with $135m raise
CoinDCX, a cryptocurrency major in India, has raised US$135 million in a series D round led by Panter... |
| 19.04.2022 | Crypto exchange CoinDCX raises $135 mn in funding as valuation tops $2 bn | Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX has raised $135 million in its Series D funding round, with a valuation of over $2 billion. The round was led by Pantera and Steadview and saw participation from prominent investors like Kingsway, DraperDragon... |
| 19.04.2022 | Digital Assets: India’s Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Finalizes $135M Round | CoinDCX, which is among India’s leading players in the cryptocurrency sector, has finalized an oversubscribed round, over $135 million, in their Series D funding.
The investment round was led by Pantera and Steadview along with contribution... |
| 19.04.2022 | Indian crypto platform CoinDCX raises $135m Series D | Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX has raised more than $135 million in an oversubscribed Series D funding round, valuing the company at more than $2 billion.
CoinDCX is now worth more than $2bn
The round was led by Pantera and Steadview and sa... |
| 19.04.2022 | CoinDCX valued at $2.15 bn after raising $135 mn from Pantera, Coinbase, others | Nebilo Technologies Pvt Ltd, which runs cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX, has racked up Series D funding of $135 million (around Rs 1,000 crore) led by Pantera and Steadview.
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The round also saw participation from Kingsway, Drap... |
| 19.04.2022 | Top headlines: CoinDCX raises $135 mn; Lavrov says Ukraine op in new stage | Crypto exchange CoinDCX raises $135 mn in funding as valuation tops $2 bn
Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX has raised $135 million in its Series D funding round, with a valuation of over $2 billion. The round was led by Pantera and Steadview ... |
| 19.04.2022 | CoinDCX Raises $135.9 Million In Series D Funding | - |
| 19.04.2022 | Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX tops $2b in valuation following $135m Series D | Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX has raised over $135 million (Rs1,000 crore) in a Series D funding round led by Pantera and Steadview, riding on the popularity of the crypto and Web3 industries in India. The fundraising makes it the most val... |
| 19.04.2022 | CoinDCX raises $135 million in funding as valuation doubles to $2.15 billion | ETtechCoinDCX cofounders (from left) Neeraj Khandelwal and Sumit Gupta. Illustration: Rahul Awasthi
Mumbai: Crypto trading exchange CoinDCX has raised $135.9 million (about Rs 1,000 crore) from investors led by Pantera Capital and Steadview... |
| 19.04.2022 | Cryptocurrency Exchange CoinDCX Raises $135 Million In Fresh Funding | CoinDCX, a crypto trading exchange, has raised $135.9 million (about Rs 1,000 crore) in a fresh funding round led by Pantera Capital and Steadview Capital.
Pantera Capital and Steadview Capital invested about half of the funds in the latest... |
| 18.04.2022 | Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX tops $2 billion valuation in new $135 million funding | CoinDCX has doubled its valuation to $2.15 billion (post-money) in eight months following a fresh $135 million funding, it said today, as the Indian cryptocurrency exchange looks to aggressively expand its product offerings and talent base,... |
| 04.04.2022 | Warner Bros and DC are betting on Batman NFTs to deliver a $60 million profit | Warner Bros and DC Comics plan to launch ‘The Bat Cowl NFT Collection’ on April 26.
The collection features 200,000 one-of-kind NFTs with a price tag of $300 apiece.
This implies a $60 million profit for Warner Bros and DC Comics. DC Comics... |
| 29.03.2022 | Coinbase may reportedly be buying the largest crypto exchange in Latin America | Talks between 2TM and Coinbase have reportedly piqued Binance’s interest in the region as well.
2TM is already valued at $2.2 billion and is said to be the largest crypto exchange in the Latin American region.
2TM itself has acquired a host... |
| 24.03.2022 | CoinDCX’s customers can now have weekly SIPs for crypto investments | CoinDCX on Thursday announced the launch of its Crypto Investment Platform (CIP).
It will allow investors to invest a fixed amount in cryptocurrency at regular intervals.
CIP programme lowers market volatility risks for customers over time,... |
| 21.03.2022 | India’s cryptocurrency tax kicks in from April – here’s what investors need to know | Beginning April 1, a 30% tax will apply to all forms of virtual digital assets (VDA), or crypto assets, that are sold at a profit.
A 1% TDS will be held back each time you sell a crypto asset, and will be set-off against the crypto tax at t... |
| 16.03.2022 | Russian oligarchs and officials are reportedly using crypto to protect millions from sanctions | Blockchain security firm Elliptic has tracked down a crypto wallet with millions of dollars that belong to sanctioned leaders in Russia.
Its investigation shows that there was a jump in ruble-related activity on privacy-based blockchain pla... |
| 16.03.2022 | Microsoft’s web3 plans now includes Ethereum co-founder’s startup ConsenSys | Microsoft is one of the new investors behind ConsenSys' new $7 billion valuation.
The tech giant is solving for web3 in a race against Facebook-parent Meta, Google, Twitter and others.
The development comes after MIcrosoft acquired Activisi... |
| 15.03.2022 | Russian oligarchs and officials are reportedly using crypto to protect millions from sanctions | Blockchain security firm Elliptic has tracked down a crypto wallet with millions of dollars that belong to sanctioned leaders in Russia.
Its investigation shows that there was a jump in ruble-related activity on privacy-based blockchain pla... |
| 12.03.2022 | Axie Infinity saw $3.5 billion NFT transactions in 2021, but future prospects remains bleak | Axie Infinity clocked in $3.5 billion in NFT transactions in 2021, accounting for more than two-thirds of the volume within the blockchain gaming space.
As of February, that volume has continued to grow to $4 billion.
However, there are con... |
| 09.03.2022 | Bitcoin, Ethereum surge after US Treasury Secretary Yellen’s leaked statement calms fears around Biden’s crypto policy | Janet Yellen’s statement was online for a short time, but it was enough to lead a rally in the price of the top 10 cryptos.
Bitcoin’s price was up by 8.3% at the time of writing, while Ethereum’s price was up by 6.88%.
The European Union is... |
| 09.03.2022 | Ethereum is no longer the second most preferred proof-of-stake network for miners | Ethereum is expected to fully move to the proof-of-stake system later this year.
The Ethereum network made the first move towards the proof-of-stake system in August last year.
Cardano, Solana, Avalanche and others are already running the e... |
| 25.02.2022 | NFT artist blows Lamborghini to 999 pieces — now stands to make at least $1 million | An NFT artist blew up a Lamborghini to protest crypto investors’ “get rich quick” mindset and is now poised to get rich fairly quickly himself.
Shl0ms plans to auction off recorded imagery of the Lamborghini's 999 separate pieces on Februar... |
| 10.02.2022 | Meta is done with Diem, but not with blockchain payments | Meta’s annual SEC filing says that the Novi wallet and more may still use blockchain-based payments.
Stablecoins like USDC might be used for payments on Meta’s future products.
Meta’s metaverse platforms are also supposed to incorporate NFT... |
| 10.02.2022 | Sundar Pichai pegs Google’s Web3 ambitions to the cloud | Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has no plans to be left behind in the race for Web3.
CEO Sundar Pichai explained that Google’s Cloud team is looking at how new products can be deployed on block-based platforms.
Pichai’s comments come les... |
| 09.02.2022 | CoinDCX’s users grow 60-fold in just one year amid India’s crypto boom | CoinDCX hit the milestone of 1 crore users in February, growth of over 60 times within the span of a year.
In 2021, CoinDCX was the first Indian crypto company to become a unicorn.
According to co-founder Neeraj Khandelwal, CoinDCX will be ... |
| 07.02.2022 | Ubisoft is joining Google, IBM, Wipro, LG and others on Hedera’s governing council as it doubles down on crypto | Ubisoft is doubling down on its crypto ambitions with a new partnership with the Hedera network.
The company will be sitting alongside Google, IBM, Wipro, Tata Communications, LG, and Boeing as part of the Hedera Governing Council.
The Hede... |
| 04.02.2022 | Hackers stole $322 million in 2022’s largest DeFi hack so far — $10 million is being offered for its return | Wormhole’s token bridge was hacked on February 2, and hackers stole Solana tokens worth $322 million.
The hackers have already spent a large part of the crypto, and converted some to USDC as well.
The hack has been patched and Wormhole has ... |
| 03.02.2022 | El Salvador’s Chivo wallet is returning with a new service provider | The Chivo Wallet has struggled with front-end and backend issues since it came into being in September this year.
American AlphaPoint will be the new service provider maintaining Chivo.
The IMF had earlier recommended that El Salvador suspe... |
| 03.02.2022 | Facebook’s fake crypto ads are being taken to court by Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest | In more bad news for Facebook, Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest has filed a criminal case against the company.
He alleges that Facebook broke anti-money laundering laws by showcasing fake crypto investment schemes that used his face in... |
| 31.01.2022 | NFT sales hit $7 billion all-time-high in January, but it may just be a bubble waiting to pop | Amid a bear market for cryptocurrencies, trade around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) was seen surging.
Overall trade volume rose almost three-fold in less than a month to hit $6.86 billion, most of which came from NFT platform LooksRare, touted... |
| 26.01.2022 | Indian crypto exchanges, influencers fall prey to hacks promoting crypto scam | Exchanges like WazirX, CoinDCX and CoinSwitch Kuber were amongst the ones affected.
YouTubers like Arun Maini, who goes by MrWhoseTheBoss on YouTube, were also affected.
The scammers posted a video designed to promote a fake crypto token ca... |
| 25.01.2022 | Scammers are exploiting Google, Amazon and Apple’s services to steal crypto | Scams around Google, Amazon and Apple’s platforms have been recorded in the last six months.
Scammers exploited Google Ads in order to steal crypto, while exploits of Apple’s Enterprise Developer Program led to $1.4 million worth of stolen ... |
| 24.01.2022 | Twitter’s long-awaited hexagonal profile pictures that give bragging rights to NFT HOLDers is here — but not everyone loves it | Twitter has finally gone live with hexagonal profile pictures that give bragging rights to owners of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
The feature is only available to paid subscribers of Twitter Blue, which costs $2.99 per month.
Not everyone, l... |
| 21.01.2022 | Terra's LUNA token continues to hold its own even in a crypto bear market — here's why | Terra’s LUNA token is up by more than 3% since yesterday, while other cryptocurrencies continue to struggle
The surge comes on the back of Binance completing LUNA’s integration into the exchange and activating deposits for the altcoin.
LUNA... |
| 20.01.2022 | Crypto mining continues to grow despite multiple crackdowns | Crypto mining hashrates have touched all time highs in the past few months, despite concerns around energy consumption.
A global energy crisis has prompted countries like Kosovo, Iran and more to shun crypto miners to prevent power outages.... |
| 20.01.2022 | Cardano jumps on the metaverse bandwagon with Pavia — here’s everything you need to know about ADA’s entry into play-to-earn | The Pavia metaverse platform and its native in-game currency are built upon the Cardano blockchain.
Pavia expects to be a play-to-earn game, with its native token already trading on certain decentralised exchanges (DEXs).
Two-thirds of land... |
| 19.01.2022 | One of the largest cryptocurrency swapping platforms just lost $1.3 million as users failed to update approvals | Around $1.34 million has been siphoned off from one of the largest crypto token swapping platforms in the world, Multichain — formerly known as Anyswap.
The company had alerted users to the bug on January 17 but required them to manually re... |
| 18.01.2022 | EXCLUSIVE: CoinDCX plans to hire more than 2,000 people this year — and they are not just looking at coders | Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX is looking to grow its team by 10 times this year.
In an exclusive interview with Business Insider, the company’s COO disclosed that the exchange can absorb 300 people tomorrow itself.
CoinDCX is looki... |
| 18.01.2022 | Kosovo is the latest country to ban crypto mining as it deals with a power crisis | Iran, Kosovo, and of course China have issued bans on crypto mining within their borders.
Iran issued a three-month ban on crypto mining, while Kosovo has banned mining indefinitely.
Crypto mining consumes more electricity in a year than th... |
| 18.01.2022 | Kosovo is the latest country to ban crypto mining as it deals with a power crisis | Iran, Kosovo, and of course China have issued bans on crypto mining within their borders.
Iran issued a three-month ban on crypto mining, while Kosovo has banned mining indefinitely.
Crypto mining consumes more electricity in a year than th... |
| 12.01.2022 | CoinDCX Reinforces Position As India’s Safest Crypto Exchange With Appointment Of Former Wells Fargo Vice President, Divakar Prayaga As Senior Vice President & Head Of Information Security | With the appointment, CoinDCX is bolstering its reputation as India’s safest crypto exchange with Divakar spearheading data protection programmes to raise trust and credibility for the wider crypto and blockchain industry
CoinDCX, India’s f... |
| 11.01.2022 | Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others are half-way down from their record highs, but investors are still better off than they were a year ago | Value of the overall cryptocurrency market cap has dropped to about $2 trillion from its all-time high of $3 trillion last year – a dip of 33% overall.
The massive gains registered in November 2021 by most cryptocurrencies have been wiped o... |
| 05.01.2022 | El Salvador is preparing for Bitcoin bonds – government will present 20 bills to lawmakers for regulating cryptocurrency | The El Salvador government is working on legislation to issue $1 billion Bitcoin bonds.
In an interview, El Salvador’s Finance Minister said the government wants to provide a “legal structure” for those interested in bitcoin bonds.
In Septe... |
| 03.01.2022 | NFTs Bored Apes and Mutant Apes kick off 2022 on a high with floor prices jumping more than 40% | Sales of Bored Ape and Mutant Ape Yacht Club jumped by millions in terms of trading volumes of the past one week.
Even the cheapest Mutant Ape NFT is now thrice as expensive as compared to a week ago.
The surge in volume and floor prices ca... |
| 29.12.2021 | Apple and Google asked to axe crypto ‘money-making’ games by South Korea | South Korean authorities are bringing down the hammer on play-to-earn (P2E) games by asking Google, Apple and other global app stores to stop distribution.
According to the regulators, these games are ‘speculative money-making’ instruments,... |
| 27.12.2021 | Jack Dorsey’s annual unfollowing spree includes Marc Andreessen, Brian Armstrong and Tyler Winklewoss — and this year, it’s about Web3 | Block, formerly known as Square, CEO Jack Dorsey, is unfollowing venture capitalists on Twitter.
This comes after he pointed the finger at VCs and LPs for being the real powers that control Web3 since they’re the ones pumping money into sta... |
| 24.12.2021 | Know your cryptocurrency lingo — Crypto coins and tokens are not the same thing | Decentralised blockchains are the foundation of almost all cryptocurrency, coins and tokens.
Coins are meant to be used directly for transactions, similar to conventional money.
Tokens make use of the same foundations laid by coins, but rep... |
| 24.12.2021 | Top ways to keep your cryptocurrency wallet safe and not end up losing millions due to a lost password or hard drive | Storing cryptocurrencies is a tricky business since they consist of a public and private key and are entirely decentralised.
A plethora of users lose access to their wallets due to unforeseen circumstances such as lost passwords, misplaced ... |
| 24.12.2021 | Tax implications of investing in cryptocurrencies — here’s how you can make the most of your investment | Everyone who earns over ₹ 2.5 lakh has to pay income tax in India.
The Indian Finance Ministry has clarified that earnings from crypto investments are not exempted.
The extent of liability could vary based on taxpayer profile. Bitcoin has c... |
| 24.12.2021 | Ethereum's London upgrade is taking place today — here’s what could happen after the update | Ethereum’s London fork is scheduled to arrive between 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm Indian Standard Time (IST) today, on August 5.
The update will introduce a new mining model and reduce transaction fees on Ethereum.
It could also, theoretically, intr... |
| 24.12.2021 | Bitcoin does not make payments anonymous — just really hard to trace | Using Bitcoin to make payments does not mean that your transactions are hidden from the world.
Since Bitcoin is built on blockchain, which is a public ledger, the address of your crypto wallet is visible to everyone.
The amount of effort re... |
| 24.12.2021 | Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese players are betting big on the metaverse — but the government is yet to buy into the hype | An executive from China’s central bank has cautioned against NFTs and the metaverse for the role they play in funding illegal activities.
The industry in China has been bullish on the metaverse, with many registering trademarks and announci... |
| 24.12.2021 | Cryptocurrency investment 101 — here’s how to do your own research (DYOR) and invest in the right digital asset | Not all cryptocurrencies are the same and when it comes to choosing one for your investment, one size does not fit all.
Doing your own research (DYOR) is imperative when looking to engage in the crypto market.
Here’s what to look out for an... |
| 24.12.2021 | Semi-fungible tokens — coins that travel between the worlds of cryptocurrency and NFTs | Semi-fungible tokens (SFTs) are the underdogs of the crypto world.
They start out as fungible tokens and then provide value as a non-fungible token (NFT).
Minted on the Ethereum blockchain, SFTs are only just beginning to break onto the cry... |
| 24.12.2021 | Nearly 90% of all Bitcoin has already been mined — here's how its limited supply has driven up its value | Bitcoins' supply has a hard limit of 21 million coins.
The creation of new Bitcoins is unlikely after the year 2140.
Since its inception in 2009, the value of Bitcoins has grown a million-fold over a decade. The rarer an item is, the higher... |
| 24.12.2021 | Bitcoin ‘mixing’ is getting a reputation for money laundering as another service admits to illegal activity | Bitcoin mixing services Helix and Bitcoin Fog are accused of money laundering.
Privacy advocates insist that anonymity and privacy offered by mixing is a good thing.
Users of Bitcoin mixing are themselves being monitored and take significan... |
| 24.12.2021 | Bitcoin is the newest tool in the battle against inflation — Here’s why | An increasing number of investors, both institutional and retail, are looking at Bitcoin as a hedge against rising prices — inflation.
Inflation is considered to be a ‘necessary evil’ in any growing economy, including India.
Critics argue t... |
| 24.12.2021 | Crypto is about much more than just 'cryptocurrencies' | Cryptocurrency is the most well-known application of blockchain technology.
However, the cryptoverse is much bigger with other use cases still in development.
Even today, a number of industries and some of the biggest companies already use ... |
| 24.12.2021 | Battle of metaverses: The Sandbox, Decentraland and CryptoVoxels see sales surge as companies look to get in on the ground floor | Sale of land within metaverse The Sandbox accounted for a quarter of all non-fungible tokens’ (NFTs) sales in the last one week.
Companies are spending millions to get in on the ground floor and secure prime real estate within these crypto ... |
| 24.12.2021 | Experts fear that a 'ban' on crypto in India will only drive investors to the grey market | India currently ranks second-highest in the world when it comes to crypto adoption, according to Chainalysis’ 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index.
With an estimated 15 to 20 million crypto investors in India, experts fear a ban on the industr... |
| 24.12.2021 | Top 6 stablecoins in the crypto market — what are they, how they work and why they have governments worried | Stablecoins perform an important role of being an intermediary store of value.
According to some experts, the rise of stablecoins helped make other cryptocurrencies more valuable by giving traders a ‘stable’ place to put their money amid th... |
| 24.12.2021 | Solana, Cardano, Polkadot and others — here’s a quick look at why these crypto tokens are being touted as ‘Ethereum Killers’ | Ethereum’s high gas fees have many blockchain developers looking at alternatives to build their projects.
Cryptocurrencies Solana, Cardano and Polkadot have all surged this year on the back of increasing adoption.
These tokens have been dub... |
| 24.12.2021 | Cryptocurrency FAQs — Everything you need to know about the cryptocurrencies, the crypto market and everything in between | People are investing in cryptocurrencies for a variety of reasons, especially in India.
However, the cryptocurrency market is not the same as the stock market, especially when it comes to having the same checks and balances to protect inves... |
| 23.12.2021 | Tech billionaires Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk take a dig at Web3 — ‘It’s somewhere between a and z’ | The CEO of SpaceX, Tesla and the Boring Company took a dig at Web3 earlier today asking, “Has anyone seen Web3?” on Twitter.
Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and Square, jibed back with, “It’s somewhere between a and z.”
The tech billionaire... |
| 23.12.2021 | Terra is the second-biggest DeFi player in the crypto market, but it may be overvalued | Terra is now the second-biggest decentralised finance (DeFi) player in the crypto market, after Ethereum.
However, its total value locked (TVL) ratio shows that the cryptocurrency may be overvalued as its current price of $82.04.
Terra’s LU... |
| 22.12.2021 | Ubisoft is doubling down on NFTs with decentralised storage despite severe criticism | Gaming giant Ubisoft plans to soldier on with its plans for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) despite an unsuccessful start.
Only around 15 of the NFTs from Ubisoft’s game Ghost Recon have reportedly been put up for reselling.
The company’s blockc... |
| 17.12.2021 | Cryptocurrencies aren’t delinked from traditional markets — the influence of US Fed policies on crypto markets is another proof | Prices recovered by up to 10%, after initial sell-offs depressed values by 4%.
The US Federal Reserve is headed towards curbing inflation and easy money.
For now, it has left the interest rates unchanged. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are a... |
| 15.12.2021 | Matrix actor Keanu Reeves is a cryptocurrency HODLer, wants a non-Facebook metaverse, and thinks NFTs are LOL | In an interview with The Verge, Keanu Reeves found ‘scarce’ NFTs to be a funny concept.
According to him, the metaverse as an idea is older than Meta, formerly known as Facebook, and shouldn’t have to be invented by them.
Reeves hasn’t ever... |
| 14.12.2021 | The company behind The Sandbox, Decentraland and Axie Infinity is now helping the Bored Apes Yacht Club launch its own P2E game | The Bored Ape Yacht Club is planning to launch its own play-to-earn (P2E) game next year in collaboration with Animoca.
Animoca is best known for its metaverse, The Sandbox, and also has investments in Decentraland, Axie Infinity and other ... |
| 13.12.2021 | AscendEX suspends crypto withdrawals as hack wipes out $77.7 million worth of Ethereum, Polygon and other tokens | The Singapore-based AscendEX cryptocurrency exchange suffered a hot wallet breach of $77.7 million.
Of that, $60 million was made up of just Ethereum tokens.
Withdrawals have been suspended for now, as the exchange looks into the data breac... |
| 09.12.2021 | Amazon outage causes seven hour disruption at crypto exchanges, raises questions on 'decentralisation' | Cloud service Amazon Web Services (AWS), which runs around one-third of the internet, saw a massive outage.
Not only were centralised crypto exchanges hit, but decentralised players like dYdX went down in the chaos that followed.
The time-s... |
| 08.12.2021 | With the metaverse, NFTs and DeFi on the rise, Ethereum miners rake in $2 billion in revenue — a jump of 11% over October | Ethereum mining saw revenue of nearly $2 billion in November.
This is the seventh consecutive month that revenue from mining for Ethereum has been higher than the returns from Bitcoin mining.
One of the reasons for the boost in Ethereum min... |
| 06.12.2021 | 44 key areas, a national framework, and a multi-institutional approach — Here's what you need to know about India's new National Blockchain Strategy | The National Blockchain Strategy comes from India’s Electronics Ministry even as the Finance Ministry is formulating a plan to regulate cryptocurrencies.
Blockchain is the underlying technology of cryptocurrencies.
The government says that ... |
| 06.12.2021 | 44 key areas, a national framework, and a multi-institutional approach — Here's what you need to know about India's new National Blockchain Strategy | The National Blockchain Strategy comes from India’s Electronics Ministry even as the Finance Ministry is formulating a plan to regulate cryptocurrencies.
Blockchain is the underlying technology of cryptocurrencies.
The government says that ... |
| 04.12.2021 | A new Star Trek NFT is stored on the DNA of bacteria, and there are billions of copies already | Roddenberry Entertainment has created a non-fungible token (NFT) of sci-fi legend Gene Roddenberry’s signature on the first-ever Star Trek contract.
The signature of the man who created Star Trek will be stored on the DNA code of bacteria.
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| 03.12.2021 | Hackers steal $120 million from DeFi protocol BadgerDAO — platform hits indefinite pause on all smart contract activity | BadgerDAO provides vaults for users to store Bitcoin and earn yields.
The hack was unearthed by blockchain security firm Peckshield, which provided a document on the losses.
BadgerDAO’s hack isn’t the first such hack of 2021, but adds to th... |
| 29.11.2021 | Loaded Lion NFT sells for $1 million — three days after launching at $200 | Crypto.com auctioned 10,000 ‘Loaded Lion’-themed NFTs earlier this week at $200 each.
Three days later, some of coveted ‘Loaded Lion’ avatars are attracting offers upwards of $1 million — a five-fold jump in value.
However, there are other ... |
| 24.11.2021 | Privacy coins, centralised cryptocurrencies, or being currencies — India is yet to explain what it means by ‘private’ cryptocurrency | The Indian government has listed its new crypto bill on the agenda of the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament, which starts on November 29.
The description calls to “prohibit all private cryptocurrencies,” but has not defined what it mean... |
| 22.11.2021 | Axie Infinity has an inflation problem — and without more players, it’s going to be a tough fix | The crypto game, Axie Infinity, was all the rage in 2021, but its returns are slowly diminishing.
According to analytics firm Naavik, Axie Infinity has an inflation problem on its hands with players cashing out rather than putting their mon... |
| 11.11.2021 | Another Indian NFT startup is in the works — backed by Binny Bansal, Kunal Shah, Sandeep Nailwal and others | Lysto provides API and infrastructure to enable other platforms to distribute their own NFTs.
The company is now backed by founders of Polygon, BookMyShow and other noted startups in the country.
Lysto is one of many NFT and crypto platform... |
| 09.11.2021 | OpenSea’s NFT trade quadruples to 10 billion in under three months but Axie Infinity continues to be the crowd favourite | The world’s biggest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), OpenSea, has quadrupled its value in less than three months to cross the $10 billion mark.
The platform is facing competition from the likes of Axie Infinity and AtomicMarket, ... |
| 09.11.2021 | Jack Dorsey’s Square is steering clear of NFTs — wants to make Bitcoin the ‘native currency for the internet’ | Square chairman and chief executive (CEO), Jack Dorsey, revealed that the company would be steering clear of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Square is looking to make Bitcoin the ‘native currency for the internet’ with multiple new projects in ... |
| 08.11.2021 | Solana is now the fourth-biggest cryptocurrency in the world as it doubles down on gaming in the crypto universe | Solana, seen as a competitor to Ethereum, hit an all-time-high of $260 on November 7, to become the fourth-biggest cryptocurrency in the world.
The rally in Solana’s price comes after the platform’s investment arm, Solana Ventures, announce... |
