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Cryptocurrency future comes under scanner, attracts 30% tax

Hitting hard private cryptocurrency exchanges and apps, the government announced a 30 per cent tax on any income from the transfer of virtual digital assets, specifying that no deductions and exemptions will be allowed.

Feb 1, 2022

India to get its own digital currency by next year: FM in Budget speech

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced the launch of India's own digital currency by the RBI next year that will be based on Blockchain technology, while the much-expected Cryptocurrency Bill is yet to see the light of the day.

Feb 1, 2022

Hackers steal $80 mn in cryptocurrency; Qubit Finance platform begs them to return funds

Hackers have stolen cryptocurrency worth $80 million from Qubit Finance, a decentralised finance (DeFi) platform

Jan 29, 2022

Mark your calendars; Delhi govt cuts number of 'dry days' from 21 to 3 for 2022 [see dates]

In a notification issued on Monday, the Delhi government announced that as part of its new liquor policy, the number of 'dry days' in national capital has been reduced from 21 to three starting this year.

Jan 25, 2022

Delhites wake up to thick blanket of fog; winter chill continues [details]

The residents of the national capital woke up to a thick blanket of fog that enveloped the city on Monday, as the biting winter chill continued.

Jan 24, 2022

Delhi man's Rs 4.5 Cr cryptocurrency fraudulently transferred to Palestine's Hamas wing

A Delhi resident's cryptocurrency worth Rs 30 lakh (current value Rs 4.5 crore) was fraudulently transferred to three different foreign accounts.

Jan 24, 2022

Russian court charges 8 REvil ransomware hackers behind US attacks [details]

A Russian court has charged eight people, who are part of the REvil ransomware group that attacked top American companies, as White House officials confirmed that the person behind the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline last year was also arrested during the raid.

Jan 16, 2022

Russia arrests top hackers REvil at US govt's request but refuses to extradite them

Russia has arrested several members of the well-known hacker group called REvil at the request of the US government after it was established that the infamous group was involved in several high-profile attacks on large American companies.

Jan 15, 2022

RBI inches closer towards central bank digital currency; creates dedicated department [details]

It is to be noted that the department's mandate is to monitor "new age challenges" originating from fintech applications, and crypto is only a small portion of that mandate.

Jan 11, 2022

Real-world use of Cryptocurrency: Polytrade finance will change face of trade financing [here's how]

The SMEs businesses severely lack working capital as their payments get cleared only after 60-90 days. The company claims to solve this problem by providing working capital to SMEs.

Jan 6, 2022

Crypto Wave: Samsung set to bring in "groundbreaking" NFT support to 2022 TVs

NFTs are digital assets that have existed for years. NFTs allow people to buy and sell ownership of unique digital items in cryptocurrencies and keep track of who owns them using the Blockchain.

Jan 3, 2022

Vaccine, vaccination trended most on social media in 2021: Report

The rating was based on the number of messages on social media. Experts pored over messages on Twitter, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Telegram and TikTok

Jan 2, 2022

2021 Year-in-review of Facebook parent Meta: Besides Covid vax and Olympics, flaxseed trended surprisingly

The Year-in-Review released by Meta shows the trends regarding social media, culture, covid, and more.

Dec 18, 2021

PM Modi's Twitter account hacked with Bitcoin post; restored shortly after [details]

The PMO in a Twitter post said that PM Modi's account was "very briefly compromised." #Hacked was trending in India.

Dec 12, 2021

Unvaxxed Sperm takes shot at becoming next Bitcoin; there's one big problem [details]

The project is based on the unbacked belief that in the future, the rare sperms and eggs of unvaccinated people will be worth a fortune because people will realize that Covid-19 vaccine has damaged their reproductive abilities.

Dec 11, 2021

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