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Regulating Bitcoin and Crypto is much easier than cash & gold said Adv PM Mishra from Finlaw Associates

After Visa, PayPal Holdings launches cryptocurrency checkout service

Customers who hold bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash and litecoin in PayPal digital wallets will now be able to convert their holdings into fiat currencies at checkouts to make purchases, the company said

Businessman to photographer: Cryptocurrency investors ready for govt bill

India prepares to legislate digital money after conflicting reports on outright ban with cryptocurrency bill 2021.

Visa allows payments using cryptocurrency, says 'seeing demand'

Company said it launched the programme with payment and crypto platform Crypto.com

Bitcoin jumps to one-week high of $58,000 as Visa pilots crypto settlement

Traditional financial companies are beginning to embrace cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects more than a decade after the creation of Bitcoin in 2009

Govt mandates companies to disclose investments in cryptocurrencies

Govt asks companies to also reveal CSR spend, benami property transactions from FY22

Bitcoin slide adds to signs of step back in retail trading mania

Bitcoin is about $9,000 below a record of $61,742 set earlier in March

Twitter CEO Dorsey's first-ever tweet sold for $2.9 million as NFT sale

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Monday sold his first-ever tweet as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $2.9 million, which he donated to charity

NFT digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia goes up for auction

Sophia, who was unveiled in 2016, produced her art in collaboration with Italian digital artist Andrea Bonaceto, known for colourful portraits, some of which depict famous people, such as Elon Musk

Govt considers blocking IP addresses of cryptocurrency exchanges

Two months ago, the government had said it intended to bring a Bill to ban private cryptocurrencies and introduce India's own digital currency in line with what China and other countries had done

Nascent but growing crypto-universe under threat from proposed crypto ban

There is, however, some confidence that the Centre will allow, rather, promote, innovations around blockchain, the underlying technology for Bitcoin

Best of BS Opinion: Future shock, a new case for peace with Pakistan & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Decoded: What is a cryptocurrency and how does a blockchain work?

It's a virtual currency. Every crypto-coin is a unique code, like the serial number on a banknote

Future shock: New rules needed for the new world, but who will write them?

How should personal data be used and not used? What about the disintermediated media that has teamed up with Big Tech to re-invent politics by spreading post-truth and hate mail, wonders T N Ninan

ZebPay expects $2 bn-worth trades per month as crypto fever grips India

India had banned banks and other regulated entities from supporting crypto transactions in 2018. The Supreme Court removed the curbs last year in response to a petition by cryptocurrency exchanges

Coinbase valuation pegged at $68 billion ahead of landmark US listing

Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, said on Wednesday recent private market transactions had valued the company at around $68 billion this year ahead of a planned stock market listing

Morgan Stanley becomes first major US bank to offer access to bitcoin funds

In an internal memo, the bank told its financial advisers it would launch access to three funds allowing ownership of Bitcoin

The discourse on the economy has been hijacked by the bond market types

If you take the trouble to collect the whole set of things that have been done - you need go no further than the finance ministry website - you will realise how pathetic the discourse has been

Cryptocurrency inflows hit record high of $4.2 billion, CoinShares says

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss

Asia shares mostly higher after US gains for fifth day on Wall Street

Asian shares mostly rose on Tuesday, cheered by a rally to all-time highs on Wall Street