Crypto Assets

Telegram's cryptocurrency Gram could debut before 31 October, else it loses investor money

If the Gram coin isn't out by 31 October, Telegram is looking at losing around $1.7 bn it raised in anticipation of the Gram coin.

Bahrain invites Indian fintech firms to set up base, offers opportunities in open banking, blockchain among others

To promote startups, a public private partnership platform in the name of Bahrain Fintech Bay has been created that provides physical space for fintech companies.

Arun Jaitley holds high-level meeting to discuss liquidity issues; no discussion on RBI-govt differences, says report

Unlike in the past, all the four RBI deputy governors attended Tuesday's FSDC meeting along with Patel.

Bitcoins worth over Rs 19 crore stolen from Indian exchange marking country's biggest crypto theft so far

A leading cryptocurrency exchange firm Coinsecure on Thursday said that 438 bitcoins worth over Rs 20 crore were stolen from its wallet

Cryptocurrency in India: A robust, comprehensive framework is a must to regulate crypto space

While the government is focused on mitigating all possible illegal financing activities around Bitcoin it is also important to build a robust and comprehensive framework to regulate cryptocurrency space.

Coinbase reports an outage due to increase in trading volume and traffic

Despite Monday's fall in price, bitcoin still was up more 170 percent so far this year. At the same time that bitcoin dropped, another digital currency ethereum soared to record highs on Monday. Ethereum, which has the second-largest market capitalization behind bitcoin, soared to $373.

Bitcoin has hit a record high at $2,400

Bitcoin hit a record of $2,409 on the BitStamp platform and was last up 4.3 percent at $2,363. So far this year, the price of bitcoin has more than doubled.