Radhika Parashar

RBI's CBDC saw eRupee usage worth Rs. 234 crore until March, according to a report. Around the same month last year, the eRupee worth Rs. 6 crore was used. In the wholesale sector, CBDC worth Rs. 8 lakhs have been used as of March 2024, which is lower than last year’s expenditure of Rs. 10.6 crore.

Ocean, a Bitcoin mining pool backed by Jack Dorsey, has established its global headquarters in El Salvador. In the coming months, Ocean plans to bring awareness and training programmes around Bitcoin to the Salvadoran citizens.

The overall crypto market cap slipped by 0.04 percent in the last 24 hours. While Bitcoin recorded small gains, Ether joined majority cryptocurrencies in logging losses. Cardano, Shiba Inu, Avalanche are trading in losses as of Friday, May 31. The US is expected to release inflation data on June 1, the anticipation of this data is stirring volatili...

Metaverse in Healthcare market share is set to reach 7.16 billion in 2030, according to an InsightAce Analytica report that claims virtual ecosystems will also make remote consultations with doctors more effective, especially for those undergoing at-home care. In addition, the technology will let medical students experience sensitive procedures thr...

Mastercard has initiated a pilot programme to assess the use of its Crypto Credential programme. The aim of this programme is to ensure that people do not send crypto assets to incompatible blockchains and wrong wallets. Crypto exchanges Bit2Me, Lirium, and Mercado have been onboarded by Mastercard to assist in this pilot.

Coinbase and Kraken have joined a newly formed industry group that intends to figure out ways to combat the cyber threats looming over the sector. The group is called Crypto ISAC (Information-Sharing and Analysis Centres), which has been created by cybersecurity veteran Justine Bone.

Algorand has launched a blockchain developer course with Nasscomm and the former has announced that it will hold detailed webinars around blockchain research and development as part of its course. The initiative could lead promising developers to travel nationally and internationally to attend blockchain development workshops.

Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will inspect all firms linked to the cryptocurrency sector. The platform have been informed about compliance audits in the coming weeks. Hong Kong authorities had imposed a deadline up to June 1 for existing crypto firms to get their licencing and other documentation work in order.

In the last 24 hours, the total market cap of the crypto sector rose by 1.70 percent. While Bitcoin managed to mint a small gain, Ether joined Solana, Polkadot, and Polygon in seeing small but notable losses.

Brazil has reportedly postponed the pilot of its Drex CDBC to 2025 as the central bank feels, blockchain privacy solutions are insufficient. The regulator is looking to prevent financial inconvenience to Brazilian nationals. The CBDC is expected to finetune the country’s financial compliance, banking, and tax secrecy regulations.

Last week, senior leadership of the Argentinian National Securities Commission (CNV) had a meeting with El Salvador’s National Digital Assets Commission (CNAD) to assess the impact of adopting Bitcoin on the economy that it may have observed in the last few years.

Worldcoin has tweeted that more of its ‘orbs’ are coming, days after it was blocked from operating in Hong Kong. It aims to assign ‘World IDs' to global citizens as an ‘international proof of personhood'. With these IDs, people will not need to share their personal details to interact with web and websites.

Coinbase has launched its ‘Tech Against Scam’ initiative this week. This programme aims to inform the global tech community about ways to safeguard themselves against frauds and online deceit – in an attempt to making the industry a safe space.

In a report addressed to the EU, the EUBOF said that the merging of blockchain and AI is surfacing as a trend in the tech industry and being rapidly explored especially in the sectors of finance and health care. The EU, as of now, has not commented on the findings of this report.

The US approved eight Ether ETFs last week, which market analysts are predicting could boost the overall market game for the Ether ecosystem. More institutional investors are now expected to experiment with Ether.

RBI's CBDC saw eRupee usage worth Rs. 234 crore until March, according to a report. Around the same month last year, the eRupee worth Rs. 6 crore was used. In the wholesale sector, CBDC worth Rs. 8 lakhs have been used as of March 2024, which is lower than last year’s expenditure of Rs. 10.6 crore.

Ocean, a Bitcoin mining pool backed by Jack Dorsey, has established its global headquarters in El Salvador. In the coming months, Ocean plans to bring awareness and training programmes around Bitcoin to the Salvadoran citizens.

The overall crypto market cap slipped by 0.04 percent in the last 24 hours. While Bitcoin recorded small gains, Ether joined majority cryptocurrencies in logging losses. Cardano, Shiba Inu, Avalanche are trading in losses as of Friday, May 31. The US is expected to release inflation data on June 1, the anticipation of this data is stirring volatili...

Metaverse in Healthcare market share is set to reach 7.16 billion in 2030, according to an InsightAce Analytica report that claims virtual ecosystems will also make remote consultations with doctors more effective, especially for those undergoing at-home care. In addition, the technology will let medical students experience sensitive procedures thr...

Mastercard has initiated a pilot programme to assess the use of its Crypto Credential programme. The aim of this programme is to ensure that people do not send crypto assets to incompatible blockchains and wrong wallets. Crypto exchanges Bit2Me, Lirium, and Mercado have been onboarded by Mastercard to assist in this pilot.

Coinbase and Kraken have joined a newly formed industry group that intends to figure out ways to combat the cyber threats looming over the sector. The group is called Crypto ISAC (Information-Sharing and Analysis Centres), which has been created by cybersecurity veteran Justine Bone.

Algorand has launched a blockchain developer course with Nasscomm and the former has announced that it will hold detailed webinars around blockchain research and development as part of its course. The initiative could lead promising developers to travel nationally and internationally to attend blockchain development workshops.

Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will inspect all firms linked to the cryptocurrency sector. The platform have been informed about compliance audits in the coming weeks. Hong Kong authorities had imposed a deadline up to June 1 for existing crypto firms to get their licencing and other documentation work in order.

In the last 24 hours, the total market cap of the crypto sector rose by 1.70 percent. While Bitcoin managed to mint a small gain, Ether joined Solana, Polkadot, and Polygon in seeing small but notable losses.

Brazil has reportedly postponed the pilot of its Drex CDBC to 2025 as the central bank feels, blockchain privacy solutions are insufficient. The regulator is looking to prevent financial inconvenience to Brazilian nationals. The CBDC is expected to finetune the country’s financial compliance, banking, and tax secrecy regulations.

Last week, senior leadership of the Argentinian National Securities Commission (CNV) had a meeting with El Salvador’s National Digital Assets Commission (CNAD) to assess the impact of adopting Bitcoin on the economy that it may have observed in the last few years.

Worldcoin has tweeted that more of its ‘orbs’ are coming, days after it was blocked from operating in Hong Kong. It aims to assign ‘World IDs' to global citizens as an ‘international proof of personhood'. With these IDs, people will not need to share their personal details to interact with web and websites.

Coinbase has launched its ‘Tech Against Scam’ initiative this week. This programme aims to inform the global tech community about ways to safeguard themselves against frauds and online deceit – in an attempt to making the industry a safe space.

In a report addressed to the EU, the EUBOF said that the merging of blockchain and AI is surfacing as a trend in the tech industry and being rapidly explored especially in the sectors of finance and health care. The EU, as of now, has not commented on the findings of this report.

The US approved eight Ether ETFs last week, which market analysts are predicting could boost the overall market game for the Ether ecosystem. More institutional investors are now expected to experiment with Ether.