Crypto&Blockchain

The global economy is inevitably moving towards a digital eco-system. From investment to money transfer, everything is going paperless. The newest and most promising addition to the digital payment sector is cryptocurrency.

2021 was a breakout year for the cryptocurrency market in many respects and most investors are absolutely thrilled that Bitcoin (BTC) price established a new all-time high of $68,789. In the same timeframe, Ether (ETH) went on a parabolic rally which saw its price gain 565% from Jan....
Dwana Franklin-Davis Contributor Dwana Franklin-Davis is a lifelong technologist currently serving as the CEO of Reboot Representation, a coalition of tech companies pooling their philanthropic resources to double the number of Black, Latina and Native American women receiving computing degrees by 2025. Ruthe Farmer is the founder and CEO of the...
Bitcoin’s exchange supply ratio witnessed a consistent decline since the start of 2021. Large crypto addresses moved the digital assets to cold storage and unknown wallets during the last few months. As a result, leading digital exchanges now hold only 6.2% of the total circulating supply of BTC.The...
NEW DELHI: Indian mutual fund industry is a crowded space with as many as 44 players in the fray and many more planning to enter. This is understandable given there is a huge growth opportunity in the industry. But in every industry, there comes a time when consolidation starts....
SWIFT, the Belgian-based cooperative that serves as an intermediary and settlement executor of financial transactions between banks worldwide is planning to experiment with asset tokenization in 2022. In a blog post about the subject, SWIFT notes that it will be working with firms like Clearstream, Northern Trust, and...
As we get closer to the end of the year, we’re running more stories that look back at topics we examined in depth over the last several months, and several that offer well-informed predictions for the year ahead. This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund,...
Blockchain and fintech company Bitt and TASCOMBANK, one of Ukraine’s oldest commercial banks, have launched a pilot project to issue an electronic hryvnia on Stellar. As part of the pilot, the cross-company team will test the electronic hryvnia on the use cases of programmable payroll for public employees at...
An Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling (AAAR) has reversed an earlier ruling by AAR that said Goods and Services Tax (GST) should apply to payments in lieu of employee notice periods, providing clarity on directions that were seemingly in conflict. An Advance Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) had earlier...
In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain space, as well as their roles in shaping the economy of the 21st century.When trying to examine the nonfungible token (NFT) economy as it has been...