India may change crypto policy due to international adoption: report

A Malaysian Member of Parliament has urged the government to implement proper cryptocurrency regulations before undertaking the Harapan Coin (HRP) cryptocurrency project, local English-language news daily the Star reported Nov. 14.Launched by “a group of patriotic and concerned Malaysian citizens, within and outside of Malaysia,” Harapan Coin claims to be the world’s first political fundraising…

A Jan. 14 form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirms that Bitwise Asset Management requested the withdrawal of its application for a Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). This is the second major ETF withdrawal in recent months following similar actions by VanEck.Bitwise applied for ETF registration in January 2019. In…

The American venture capital investor Tim Draper took the stage at Paris Blockchain Week 2023 to talk about the decentralization of the future of money. 595 Total views 4 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAmerican venture capital investor and entrepreneur Tim Draper took the master stage at Paris…

Air France is set to trial a blockchain-based system for verifying COVID-19 test results for its passengers. 2203 Total views 16 Total shares With travel and tourism being one of the hardest-hit industries by the coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdowns, several stakeholders are increasingly prioritizing digital and contactless solutions.In this vein, Air France has partnered with MedAire,…

Bitcoin (BTC) showed strength on March 22, posting a 5% gain and testing the $43,000 resistance. The move liquidated over $150 million worth of leverage short positions, those betting on a declining price using futures contracts.Some Twitter analysts attribute the price improvement to the Do Kwon, the co-founder of blockchain protocol Terra. During a recent…

Major South African exchanges have welcomed the central bank’s plans to regulate cryptocurrencies as financial assets. 281 Total views 30 Total shares South Africa’s Reserve Bank is set to begin regulating cryptocurrencies as financial assets in the next 18 months, with exchanges expecting the move to drive adoption in the country.The move to classify cryptocurrencies…

Investors included FTX Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Jump Crypto, a16z, Circle Ventures, among others. 266 Total views 4 Total shares Mysten Labs, the company behind the yet-to-launch layer-1 blockchain Sui has raised $300 million aimed at building core infrastructure and accelerating the adoption of its Sui blockchain ecosystem. The blockchain company, which was founded by former executives…

Bitcoin Cash’s ABC and BCHN camps look set to compromise on the protocol’s coming upgrades in November. 864 Total views 15 Total shares Amaury Sechet, the lead developer of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), has announced new plans for the network's coming November upgrade designed to find a compromise between proponents of the ‘Bitcoin ABC’ and ‘BCHN’…

Marcello Minenna is the director of the quantitative analysis and financial innovation unit in Consob (Italian Companies and Exchange Commission), —Italian government’s authority responsible for regulating the Italian securities market — as well as an adjunct professor of stochastic finance at the London Graduate School of Mathematical Finance and at Luigi Bocconi University of Milan.…