An Indian teenager is in hot water after threatening to carry out a deadly attack on a U.S. international airport after he failed to receive support from the FBI in relation to an alleged Bitcoin scam. Bitcoin Scam Leads to Volatile Situation at Miami Airport Bitcoin’s price may be experiencing an extreme lack of volatility,…
New restrictions over e-commerce businesses operating within India’s borders have raised concerns that major online retailers like Amazon and Walmart will have it “tough” in the region. However, it’s Walmart that could be left on the ropes following this new rule change, considering Amazon’s dominance in the e-commerce space. Walmart’s Opportunity To Beat Amazon May…
Binance’s registration with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit is not the flashiest crypto story of the day, but it may be one of the more meaningful ones. It shows how the global exchange business is increasingly being shaped by compliance negotiations rather than clean expansion. India has been a difficult market to navigate, with tax pressure,…
The soaring interest surrounding crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other altcoins, is highly centralized in the United States compared to the rest of the world. However, a new study shows that India ranks second, behind only the US in terms of overall interest in digital currencies. What’s notable about this new finding, is that…
Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. The past seven days have been rather positive for Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency market, which was battered the week prior to the one that just transpired.BTC rallied from $8,400 to $8,888 (as of the time of this article’s writing), tapping $9,200 on Saturday morning. Altcoins largely…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. The legal team for WazirX said today that the exchange’s customers doubt whether the exchange should be made whole in crypto terms. Another Jolt For The Affected WazirX Users Leading Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX suffered a massive security breach on July 18, 2024, resulting in hackers stealing $230…
When the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) warned its citizens about the risks of trading and holding cryptocurrencies in December 2013, it was a reformist move. Cryptocurrencies, or should we say bitcoin, was a new phenomenon back then. Every country out there had its share of doubts about it. And correspondingly, they all, like India,…
Escalating political tensions in Hong Kong and a potential economic and banking crisis in India has highlighted how fragile cash savings can be. Naturally Bitcoin would be the answer if adoption was greater and volatility was lower but the pluses for decentralized money are growing. Hong Kong ATMs Empty As violence continues to grip the…
One of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Zebpay, is moving its operations to the Mediterranean island nation of Malta in an effort to maintain its operations after shutting shop last month. The move comes amidst an unprecedented cryptocurrency ban instituted by the Indian government. The new Malta-based exchange, which will still be called Zebpay, will offer…
The Indian government has maintained a bullish stance on its income tax on crypto assets. The government demonstrated this with the proposal of a Cryptocurrency and Regulation of the Official Digital Currency Bill in 2021. However, cryptocurrencies and NFTs are currently not regulated in India. The RBI even tried to ban crypto in 2018. Although…