Blockchain & crypto news from India
Meta, social media giant Facebook’s parent company, is hinting to launch a payments platform with support for crypto. As per records, Meta filed 5 applications for its namesake to be utilized in a platform named Meta Pay. The filings included Meta’s name for use in an ‘online social networking service for investors enabling financial exchange…
On Tuesday morning, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman confirmed that RBI (Reserve Bank of India) will launch a digital rupee soon. The digital currency by RBI will be based on blockchain technology the tech behind Bitcoin and other famous cryptocurrencies. FM said that the digital rupee will be issued by 2022-23 without offering any clarity on…
Christie’s, the British auction house is going to organize an auction for some of the oldest Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ever. It will be taking live bids in Ether (ETH) crypto tokens, which the firm said is a first for any noteworthy auction house. Christie’s will be auctioning NFTs from the Art Blocks selected collection…
The government is aiming to define cryptos in the latest draft bill that also suggests to categories cryptos on the basis of their use cases. According to reports, cryptos will be regarded as a commodity/asset for all reasons, including taxation and according to use case – investment, payments or utility. This would be the first…
Come September, crypto tokens like Ethereum, Bitcoin and others will be taking one of their biggest moves towards legitimacy. A new digital registry is being developed that will add distinctive identifiers to these digital tokens. DTIs (Digital token identifiers) are being launched to monitor the movement of cryptos according to the International Organization for Standardization…