India has no plans to regulate crypto sales and purchases

A rapidly growing crypto market means that hacks and scams are accounting for less overall activity, and their percentage of total usage continues to decline. 300 Total views 24 Total shares Illicit cryptocurrency activity in 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 has declined as a percentage of overall crypto activity, according to blockchain forensics…

Privacy advocates scored a big win in June with Binance’s announcement that it was backtracking on a decision to delist privacy coins for users in a number of European countries.As a result of the move, users in Italy, Poland, Spain and France will be permitted to continue trading tokens including Zcash (ZEC), Monero (XMR), Decred…

Equities markets in the United States rallied sharply on May 25 and 26 but Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins have not followed a similar trajectory. This suggests that traders are not confident that the crypto markets have bottomed out yet. On-chain analytics firm Glassnode said that the number of Bitcoin whales has been reducing and on May…

A Bitcoiner called Felix Crisan outfoxed a crypto scammer, getting them to set up a Bitcoin Lightning Wallet before putting them in their place. 396 Total views 31 Total shares There’s a poetic justice to scammers getting beat at their own game. A cryptocurrency scammer met their match when trying to trick Bitcoiner, Felix Crisan…

Bitcoin (BTC) stayed rangebound on April 29 as a welcome retracement saw the U.S. dollar come down from 20-year highs.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewTrader eyes $40,600 as "crucial" breakerData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hugging support near $39,300 after failing to hold $40,000.The pair had managed some modest upside despite…

Analysts had predicted a recession for years and it should not come as a surprise, according to crypto-focused market research firm Crebaco.Crebaco claims in a report shared with Cointelegraph that the recession that has taken hold of the markets was anticipated by many analysts over the last several years. The document reads:“The Global markets have…

A social commerce technology platform has launched a new wallet that enables consumers to buy real-life products from more than 30,000 points of sale globally.Jet8 says its new wallet is a “connect and transact hub,” giving its community a safe way to store their tokens, earn rewards and send funds to their friends. According to…

Zone’s layer-1 blockchain is purportedly Africa’s first decentralized, cross border, currency-agnostic payments solution.

India’s Financial Intelligence Unit is studying registration requests from four overseas crypto exchanges that were earlier banned for noncompliance with the country’s AML laws.