Places India

The nation’s central bank said an old report from 2018 was no longer valid for actions taken by private banks today.

BankDhofar's customers now can use its mobile banking app to send transactions up to $2,600 to Indian deposit accounts.

A special panel of experts may be formed in India to develop a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.

Just when every thought Buterin rugged, he did one of the most iconic donations of all time.

India's Covid Crypto Relief fund has already received over $3 million worth of digital assets in donations.

The country faces one of the worse COVID situations and is receiving help from the crypto community.

While the ultimate fate of digital assets is still unclear in India, crypto holders will likely have some time to comply with a potential ban.

With an ambitious youth and a rising tech scene, seizing the opportunities that the crypto space presents could be a path forward for India.

NFTs are the hottest trend in crypto circles—and relatively older crypto businesses are jumping in on the bandwagon.

The country has enjoyed a rocky relationship with cryptocurrencies and the industry has largely operated in a legal grey area so far. But times are changing.

The leading cryptocurrency fell in price after the Indian government new proposed legislation for banning Bitcoin.

After less than a year of Indian cryptocurrency users enjoying unfettered access to the cryptocurrency markets, it now looks likely that the authorities will intervene once again. The Indian government is set to push through the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2021 in the latest budget session of Parliament. Although the Bill’s […]

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey and rapper Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, are funding a Bitcoin trust. Both will pool together 500 BTC, approximately $24 million, to make this happen. ₿trust will operate as a blind irrevocable trust and will focus on Bitcoin development initially in Africa and India. Dorsey has opened applications for three […]

The Indian cryptocurrency market is teeming with entrepreneurs, funds, and tech know-how to create a vibrant crypto-ecosystem. Yet, it faces a crisis buoyed by slow-moving policies, wayward regulations, and difficult-to-please lawmakers. This week, Ripple tweeted about its policy framework for pushing digital assets in India, a paper initially published in June that outlined four major […]

Four months after the high-profile acquisition of Indian crypto exchange WazirX by Binance, BitMEX invested in a $3 million funding round for another local cryptocurrency exchange in India called CoinDCX. The world’s biggest crypto exchanges by daily volume have started to actively invest in India’s crypto market after the reversal of the Reserve Bank of […]

Binance has partnered with cryptocurrency exchange WazirX to create a “Blockchain for India” fund worth $50 million. The fund plans on investing upwards of $100,000 in startups working on fiat-to-digital gateways, payment, and remittance solutions, DeFi, and trading platforms, the Economic Times reported. Binance boosting India’s blockchain ecosystem with $50M Binance, one of the world’s […]

India’s Supreme Court released the long-awaited ruling on the crypto ban imposed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in favor of the cryptocurrency industry. Yet, despite the optimism surrounding the decision, the Bitcoin price is showing no signs of an immediate upsurge. Historic day for Crypto in India. We can now innovate. The entire […]

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by daily volume, has announced the acquisition of major Indian crypto exchange WazirX and plans to launch fiat-to-crypto services in India within days. According to a blog post Thursday by Binance, India-based users will be able to purchase and sell crypto using Indian Rupees (INR) on Binance […]