Blockchain & crypto news from India
The retail giant of the United States, Walmart is the latest firm to step into the crypto bandwagon. Based on trademark documents the retail giant field in December 2021 with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Walmart appears to be set out into the metaverse with schemes to develop its own collection of non-fungible…
The largest bank in Russia, Sberbank has launched what it said is the nation’s first exchange traded fund (ETF) to offer exposure to firms involved in the blockchain industry. In a statement, the bank said that called the Sberbank Blockchain Economy ETF, the fund from Sber Asset Management trades on the Russian stock market under…
Whatsapp has introduced a new pilot that allows a ‘limited count’ of individuals in the United States to receive and send money from within a chat using crypto. The feature is powered by Meta’s digital wallet named Novi that introduced as a pilot 6 weeks ago. Also, the payments will be made using Pax Dollars…
Today, SEC or the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission declared the title of the upcoming cryptocurrency panel for its December 2 Investor Advisory Meeting. The title will be ‘Helping to Ensure Investor Protection and Market Integrity in the Face of New Technologies’. Earlier, on Nov.15, the Commission declared the meeting would be open to the…
In a world-first, bitcoin becomes a legal tender in El Salvador on Tuesday. This is a real-world experiment that proponents say will reduce commission costs for billions of dollars sent home from foreign countries but which critics alerted may boost money laundering. The plan led by the charismatic, young and famous president Nayib Bukele is…
Crypto ads have returned on the advertising platform of Google following the largest network revised its policies in June, but it’s not exactly as open as previously. In March this year, the company had banned all advertising related to initial coin offerings (ICOs) and crypto firms. The policy imposed an overarching ban on almost every…
Just three months ago, the Nasdaq-listed crypto exchange, Coinbase went public and now it’s looking to expand its footprint in India, one of the most populous countries worldwide. It has big plans to hire, acquire and make the South Asian nation one of its primary hubs. Brian Armstrong, the chief executive (CEO) of the company,…