Cryptocurrency
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Buying or selling cryptocurrency in India may soon land you in jail; all you need to know
Fyi | Jul 23, 2019, 06:19 PM ISTThere's bad news for people who deal in cryptocurrencies in India. Buying and selling cryptocurrencies in India may soon be illegal as a government committee has made that recommendation.
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Government panel suggests banning cryptocurrency, proposes penalty
Business | Jul 22, 2019, 11:26 PM ISTAn inter-ministerial committee has recommended banning cryptocurrencies in India along with imposition of fines and penalties on activities linked with private virtual currencies in the country.
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No blanket crypto trading ban yet in India
India | Jul 20, 2019, 01:49 PM ISTEarlier the Reserve Bank of India issued a circular banning regulated entities from providing services to crypto businesses. The ban went into effect on July 6 last year, Bitcoin.com reported on Friday.
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Not launching Libra unless regulators are satisfied: Facebook
Technology | Jul 16, 2019, 10:17 AM ISTFacebook's digital coin Libra is not going to launch until all necessary approvals are in place and all regulators fully are satisfied
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US says cryptocurrency a national security issue
World | Jul 16, 2019, 07:12 AM ISTThis is perhaps for the first time that Donald Trump administration has come out so openly against cryptocurrencies.
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Tech giants to face US hearings on anti-trust, cryptocurrency
Technology | Jul 15, 2019, 10:13 AM ISTthe House Committee on Judiciary will discuss anti-trust issues while the Senate Banking Committee will discuss Facebook's digital currency 'Libra' that is slated to arrive in 2020
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India among top 5 nations who tweet most about Bitcoin
Business | Jul 05, 2019, 10:15 AM ISTThe US leads in the volume of tweets referencing Bitcoin and "Libra" digital coin that is expected to come in 2020, revealed crypto-trading platform The TIE in a series of tweets.
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Only 1 in 10 people know how cryptocurrency works: Survey
Business | Jun 21, 2019, 01:42 PM ISTThe rate at which cryptocurrencies are being adopted by global consumers is slowing down, despite celebrities like Johnny Depp and YouTube influencers such as PewDiePie embracing the technology.
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What is Libra and Facebook's new cryptocurrency: All you need to know
Technology | Jun 20, 2019, 04:15 PM ISTLibra is Facebook's new cryptocurrency that will hit the market in 2020 that can be used on WhatsApp, Messenger and other standalone apps.
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Facebook working on its own cryptocurrency, plans on listing its crypto coin for WhatsApp
Technology | Mar 01, 2019, 01:21 PM ISTFacebook, Instagram, Signal are in plans of rolling out a new cryptocurrency next year. Facebook is also working in its own coin silently where for WhatsApp users.
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ASUS partners with Quantumcloud to help gamers mine cryptocurrency for 'passive' income
Technology | Nov 30, 2018, 11:56 AM ISTBeing a leading player in graphics card market, ASUS said it was uniquely poised as a distribution partner for the Quantumcloud app that delivers cash to customers depending on efficiency.
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Google eases its ban on cryptocurrency ads
Technology | Sep 26, 2018, 06:03 PM ISTGoogle has tweaked its ban on the cryptocurrency-related advertisements in a plan to allow regulated cryptocurrency exchanges to buy ads in the US and Japan.
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US: Three people including Indian-origin man sentenced, fined USD 127,000 for cyberattack
World | Sep 21, 2018, 11:40 AM ISTThey created Mirai Botnet, a powerful malware that knocked out thousands of websites in the Northeast, California, and Western Europe in September 2016.
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Sirin Labs finalising world's 1st Blockchain-based smartphone
Technology | Jul 14, 2018, 03:16 PM ISTSirin Labs launched a super expensive "Solarin" smartphone about a couple of years ago priced at $14,800.
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Cryptocurrency Bitcoin at 2-month low after South Korean exchange hacked
Business | Jun 12, 2018, 10:08 AM ISTSouth Korea has seen a craze over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, prompting authorities to try to rein in speculative investment this year by tightening regulations.
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SC asks HCs not to entertain pleas on RBI circular on virtual currencies
India | May 17, 2018, 07:56 PM ISTThe apex court, which was hearing pleas seeking direction to the Centre to take emergent steps to restrain the sale and purchase of illegal cryptocurrencies or virtual currency like Bitcoins.
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Indian-origin man, two others charged in multi-million cryptocurrency scam in New York
World | May 15, 2018, 01:26 PM ISTSohrab Sharma, Raymond Trapani and Robert Farkas were the three co-founders of a start-up company called Centra Tech.
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Blackmoney SIT reviews cryptocurrencies, directs clampdown
Business | Apr 08, 2018, 06:20 PM ISTOfficials said the SIT recently held a meeting in the national capital during which it was briefed about the overall scenario of the operations of this virtual currency in the country.
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RBI cracks down on virtual currencies, plans own cryptocurrency
Business | Apr 05, 2018, 07:06 PM ISTAn interdepartmental group has been constituted to study and provide guidance on the “desirability and feasibility” to introduce a “central bank digital currency” and will submit its report by June.
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Taking cue from Facebook, Google to ban cryptocurrency ads
Technology | Mar 14, 2018, 05:26 PM ISTScammers are using "crypto-jacking" or putting lines of code in websites or ads to surreptitiously harness the computing power of the web surfers who look at them.