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India to Propose Cryptocurrency Ban

India is preparing to propose for a law to ban the cryptocurrencies, to fine anyone who is trading in India or to fine anyone even for holding such...

March 15, 2021

India’s New Central Bank Digital Currency

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is in process of examining if India needs a new central bank digital currency (CBDC) and is exploring ways to operationalise the...

January 27, 2021

SC lifts ban on trading in virtual currency

The Supreme Court of India recently ruled the restriction on cryptocurrency trade in India. The recent order also lifted the ban on trading in virtual currency, cryptocurrency and...

March 4, 2020

Global Consortium for Digital Currency Formed by WEF

For the adoption of digital currencies, the first Global Consortium which focussed on creating a framework for Governance of Digital Currencies was announced on Friday, 24th January 2020...

January 26, 2020

Infosys launches three block-chain powered distributed applications

Infosys announced the launch of three blockchain-powered distributed applications for government services, supply chain management and insurance domains. These applications are equipped with predictive return on investment (ROI)...

December 19, 2019

Subhash Chandra Garg heads Cryptocurrency panel that proposes ban on private digital currencies

The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) set up to look into the legality of cryptocurrencies and blockchain has recently submitted its report to the Finance Ministry and recommended that private...

July 24, 2019

Telangana government to set up India’s first ‘Blockchain District’

The Telangana government has decided to set up the India’s first ‘Blockchain district’ in Hyderabad to create an ecosystem for all the start-ups and institutes working in the...

May 29, 2019

IMF and World Bank unveiled Learning Coin For In-House Purposes

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have together launched a private blockchain with a pseudo-token. The new token, called ‘Learning Coin’ accessible within the IMF and...

April 19, 2019

Learning Coinis launched by IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) have jointly launched a project called “Learning Coin”. It is a private blockchain-based coin and only accessible within...

April 18, 2019

Ontario: First town to pay taxes with Bitcoins

The Ontario town can launched a pilot program in which the local residents can pay their taxes in crypto currency. Reidents of Ohio, USA were the first to...

March 30, 2019

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