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Answering the Top 5 Questions on Cryptocurrencies

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Largest-ever seizure: 'Crocodile of Wall Street' held in giant crypto bust

The couple conspired to launder 119,754 bitcoins in 2016 that's now worth $4.5 billion

Race for blockchain engineering talent hots up as crypto ban cloud clears

Startups and IT majors alike are angling to recruit the best and brightest in the technology

Ethereum platform Polygon raises $450 mn in funding led by Sequoia Capital

Other who participated in the round were SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Galaxy Digital, Galaxy Interactive, Tiger Global, Republic Capital and others

Indian American to advise powerful Congressman on crypto matters

Says it is vital for the US and India to take the lead globally on setting standards on innovative frontiers

Indian blockchain start-up Polygon bags $450 mn from Sequoia, Tiger Global

Polygon is an Ethereum scaling platform that enables developers to build scalable DApps (decentralised apps) with low transaction fees without sacrificing on security

Unreal demand? Irregular sales worth billions fire up wild NFT market

The top 27 most expensive recorded sales across the whole NFT industry in January, totalling $1.3 billion, came from just two wallets transacting on LooksRare

India's official digital currency to debut by early 2023, says report

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech last week talked about launching a central bank-backed 'digital rupee' soon.

Bitcoin mimics stocks rally, hits two-week high

The world's largest cryptocurrency hit $41,983, taking gains from Thursday's lows to nearly 16%, and marking a 27% rise from the year's low of $32,950.72 on Jan. 24

It's clear a country can't regulate crypto on its own, says Sanjeev Sanyal

'There are a lot of claims about how important the sector is, but nobody really knows. So it's only when we begin to tax it will we get the scale of it', he said

Confusion in the crypto universe: Budget leaves many unanswered questions

Budget announcements on taxing digital assets and creating a digital rupee involve complex issues that need to be addressed first

Clear starts crypto tracking, tax management for retail investors, firms

Move to help the users track their crypto portfolios across wallets and exchanges, and manage taxes on their transactions

Bitcoin, Ether advance as Amazon share surge buoys tech stocks

Bitcoin rose as much as 3.4% to $38,221, while Ether rallied as much as 7.1% to $2,850.

TMS Ep101: Fintech, selling in IT stocks, disinvestment, markets, crypto

Will RBI's digital currency give a fillip to fintechs? What's the government's disinvestment roadmap? Why are investors dumping IT stocks? What is cryptocurrency? Find all answers here

Will RBI's digital currency give a fillip to fintech sector?

Cryptocurrency has unsettled the govt and the central bank. Apart from taxing it heavily, the govt announced RBI's digital currency - a crypto competitor. How can it give fillip to the fintech sector?

What exactly is cryptocurrency and how it works?

A day after the budget, Finance Secretary TV Somnathan said the govt doesn't treat trading in crypto assets as illegal. Find out what is cryptocurrency and the challenges it is posing for the govt

Want to push new exemption-less tax regimes further: Revenue Secretary

'This year we should have got Rs 60,000-80,000 crore as capital gains tax', said Tarun Bajaj

Budget 2022: Virtual digital assets are here to stay, says expert

'We are left with some open issues which need clarifications on the VDA', said Aravind Srivatsan

LIVE: Kerala sees over 42k Covid cases; Delhi, Maha see dip in infections

Recoveries eclipsed fresh infections as daily Covid cases in Kerala decreased on Thursday with the state recording 42,677 new cases

Cryptocurrency will never be a legal tender: Finance secy Somanathan

Cryptocurrency will never be a legal tender, Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said on Thursday clearing the air on the legality of private digital currencies in the market.