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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been a stringent critic of crypto assets, reiterating its tough stand on the new age asset class. Deputy governor T Rabi Sankar called for an outright ban on private cryptocurrencies at the IBA Banking Technology Awards. He claimed the notorious early 20th century Ponzi schemes were better than investing cryptos. Prior to this, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said that private cryptos are a serious threat to macroeconomic and financial stability, and investors should keep risks in mind as such assets have no underlying value whatsoever, 'not even a tulip'.

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metaverse by opening 'Onyx lounge', which is a virtual lounge in the blockchain-based world of Decentraland. The bank has also released a paper exploring how businesses can find opportunities in the metaverse, which has made tokens in the segment move higher. Metaverse is a digital avatar-based universe. It is a virtual reality world where users can interact, play games and experience things or activities as they would in the real world.

New Delhi: The crypto market continued to move higher as signs of ease in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine boosted the confidence of investors. Barring the dollar-pegged USD Coin, all other top digital tokens were trading with higher in early trade on Wednesday. Avalanche rose 11 per cent each, followed by a 4 per cent rise in Ethereum and BNB each.

JPMorgan Chase said on Tuesday. The largely unregulated $2.7 trillion cryptoasset sector, which includes bitcoin, is still relatively small, but there are currently no bespoke rules on how much capital banks should set aside to cover activities in the sector. This leaves international banks in limbo and regulators behind the curve.

Mumbai: Tough talk by senior Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials on cryptocurrencies is making the Indian crypto community nervous. On Monday, RBI deputy governor T Rabi Sankar called for an outright ban on cryptocurrencies. Previously, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das had said in a monetary policy press conference that private cryptocurrencies were a threat to the macroeconomic and financial stability of the country, and investors should keep risks in mind as such assets have no underlying value whatsoever, «not even a tulip».

bitcoin be a safe-haven asset? And can Russia emerge as a crypto superpower? The answer to the first, for now at least, is no; while fortress gold has risen 2.3% over the past week, as Western warnings about Russian aggression have intensified, bitcoin has lost 3%. That was worse than the 0.9% decline of the Nasdaq Composite index. «I don't see any evidence of bitcoin being a safe haven,» said Chris Weston, head of research at Melbourne-based brokerage Pepperstone. «The Ukraine situation with Russia is a really hard one to price, so in that situation, you just buy crude futures.»

Crypto trading platform, CoinDCX, has selected crypto-native risk monitoring firm Solidus Labs as a strategic compliance partner. CoinDCX claims to be India’s first crypto unicorn and the nation’s safest crypto exchange. The deal will improve the transparency on the trading platform. The partnership between CoinDCX and Solidus aims to protect its users from known forms of market abuse and a plethora of emerging crypto-specific risks, the company said.

Legion Network to launch a new LGX token on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) on February 17. The new blockchain aims to bring tokens, NFTs, P2E games and metaverse together in a single super application. The IDO will be occurring on the new Sekuritance Portal. ‍An initial DEX offering or IDO refers to the launching of a cryptocurrency on a decentralized exchange (DEX). In an IDO, a blockchain project makes a coin's first public debut on a DEX in order to raise funding from retail investors.

All of the top digital tokens were trading higher in early trade on Tuesday, led by NFTs and DeFi tokens. Solana and Avalanche rose 11 per cent each. The global crypto market cap jumped as much as 5 per cent to hit the $1.95 trillion mark. Furthermore, the total crypto market volume rallied about 16 per cent to $72.23 billion.

Cryptocurrencies, like stocks, can be bought instantly using an app. But there are major differences between the two assets in the investment process. When you click to buy stocks, the broking company, where you have opened a demat account, places an order on your behalf on the BSE or the NSE. The exchanges then find a match and relay transaction details to the depositories — CDSL or NSDL. These depositories process the actual transfer of shares to your demat account in two business days. Once you tap to buy crypto, the exchange, where you have an account, will find a match for you in the market, take delivery of the asset from the seller and then store it on your behalf. To invest in virtual currencies, you need to open an account with a crypto exchange, provide KYC details and load rupees in the platform’s bank account to trade on the bourse using that balance. Cashing out is also an instant process. Presented ByDid you Know?A statue honour

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor T Rabi Sankar Monday said that banning private cryptocurrencies is the best option for the country, reiterating its tough stand on the asset class. Sankar, who was speaking at the IBA Banking Technology Awards, told bankers that even the notorious early-20th century Ponzi schemes were better as the Ponzi plans invested in income earning assets while cryptos are just gambling instruments. “They (cryptos) threaten the financial sovereignty of a country and make it susceptible to strategic manipulation by private corporations creating these currencies or governments that control them,” Sankar said. “All these factors lead to the conclusion that banning cryptocurrency is perhaps the most advisable choice open to India.”

Sitharaman on Monday said discussions with regard to private cryptocurrencies and central bank-backed digital currency have been going on with the Reserve Bank and a decision will be taken after due deliberations. Sitharaman, in her Budget speech on February 1, had announced that Digital Rupee or Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) would be issued by the RBI in the coming fiscal year. She had also announced the government will levy 30 per cent tax on gains made from any other private digital assets from April 1. «On crypto, I have said that we are in the process of consultation. Whatever decision the government is going to take, will be after the consultation,» she said.

Censor Black on Monday announced it will target the creation of 8 million jobs over the next 3 years in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sector across the world. The Telangana-based platform extended its financial services by providing blockchain-enabled solutions to create additional revenue sources for manufacturing SMEs by tokenizing their under-utilized assets. Accessibility of finance is a big issue in MSMEs around the world, said Raghav Gupta, Founder of Censor Black, a collaborative Defi platform that serves investors and SME supply chains.

Bitcoin did not have a strong start to 2022 as it remained under pressure in the new year. However, the recent token moved sharply in the last 10 days, before losing steam once again. After hitting the $45,000 mark, Bitcoin has seen sharp selling pressure and is heading towards its crucial support levels, technical charts suggest. Breaking these levels, the crypto behemoth is likely to fall to $35,000 levels, experts said. Investors are bracing for more gyrations in the numero uno crypto asset, as global worries threaten to squelch risk appetite across markets. The volatility, traditionally associated with cryptocurrencies, has been on full display in recent weeks.

Barring meme tokens like Shiba Inu and Dogecoin, all other top digital tokens were trading with cuts in early trade on Monday. Dogecoin and Shiba Inu jumped marginally, whereas XRP and Solana dropped up to 5 per cent. While Bitcoin’s price has meandered the last few days, the largest cryptocurrency by market value has staged a modest under-the-radar recovery from its wintertime swoon.

budget proposal to impose a tax deducted at source, or TDS, on virtual digital asset transactions, saying it will be difficult to comply with. The industry also urged the government to reconsider the decision to levy a tax of 30% on current market value when crypto assets are gifted or given to employees as part of their remuneration, saying the tax is levied without waiting for the receiver to sell it and book any profit. These issues figured when representatives of leading domestic crypto exchanges met with finance ministry officials on Friday to discuss budget proposals, people familiar with the deliberations told ET.

Joseph P. Laycock, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University.

Bitcoin is set for another bull run and market frenzy when it goes through another halving, Thailand's largest digital-asset exchange Bitkub Capital Group Holdings has said.

US-based software developer MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor has once again questioned the regulatory status of ethereum (ETH), arguing that it can be best classified as digital security. On the other hand, he insisted that there is no doubt that bitcoin (BTC) is a digital property, and thus not subject to regulatory headaches.

It’s been exactly 13 years to the day since computer scientist Hal Finney became the recipient of the first transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain from creator Satoshi Nakamoto.