Page 77 - Cryptocurrency

'Blitzscaling' in times of uncertainty: Meet Sumit Gupta, CEO, CoinDCX

A large part of the work that Gupta does is focused on educating users and the larger community about investing in cryptocurrencies

Decentralised finance: Latest front in crypto's hacking problem

Peer-to-peer DeFi crypto platforms emerge as major hacking risk; estimated $80 bn or more held on DeFi platforms

Intellect launches cloud-ready digital transaction banking platform

Bitcoin's surge lacks extreme leverage that powered past rallies

The spread between Bitcoin futures and its spot price has shriveled relative to February, when cryptocurrency was in midst of a rally that ultimately reached an all-time high

Global cryptocurrency market hits $2 trillion, Bitcoin surges again

The industry players on Friday said the surge in the market cap indicates a wider acceptance of crypto assets across the globe, including in India.

Crypto platform Poly Network rewards hacker with $500,000 'bug bounty'

Poly Network is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that facilitates peer-to-peer transactions with a focus on allowing users to transfer or swap tokens across different blockchains.

Explainer: How hackers stole $600 mn in crypto tokens from Poly Network

Hackers pulled off the biggest ever cryptocurrency heist on Tuesday, stealing more than $600 million in digital coins from token-swapping platform Poly Network

Over half of crypto tokens stolen in $610 mn hack now returned: Report

Poly Network, which allows users to transfer or swap tokens across different blockchains, said on Tuesday it had been hit by the cyberheists, urging the culprits to return the stolen funds.

Crypto exchange WazirX sees huge rise in users from tier-2 & 3, women

Exchange has over 7.3 mn users, has clocked over $21.8 bn in trading volume in 2021 till date; Tier-2 and 2 cities have driven 55% of total user sign-ups in 2021

Cryptocurrency platform loses estimated $600 million in cyberheist

The heist appears to be one of the biggest ever in cryptocurrency markets

WazirX sees 2,648% growth in user sign-ups from tier-II, -III cities

Cryptocurrency exchange WazirX on Wednesday said it has recorded 2,648 per cent growth in user sign-ups from tier-II and -III cities of India

Hackers return $260 million to cryptocurrency platform after massive theft

Hackers behind one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency heists have returned more than a third of about $600 million in digital coins they stole, blockchain researchers said

BS Number Wise: Throttling innovation due to speculation may harm Bitcoin

Bitcoin is easily influenced by governments and whims and wishes of famous personalities and companies

CoinDCX is India's first crypto unicorn as country debates virtual assets

Latest funding round values the firm at $1.1 billion, says CoinDCX CEO.

'DeFi' crime hits record high in first 7 months of 2021: CipherTrace

Losses from theft, hacks, and fraud in "decentralized finance" or DeFi, a thriving segment in the cryptocurrency sector, hit an all-time high in the first seven months of the year

Will take all measures to eliminate use of crypto-assets, says govt

The government on Tuesday said it will take all measures to eliminate the use crypto-assets in funding illegitimate activities or as part of the payment system

Everything you want to know about CBDC

The central bank digital currency will neither substitute nor compete with cryptocurrency; it's just a wallet. Period

Bitcoin and Ether hit highest levels since mid-May as sentiment warms

Ether increased as much as 6.9% to $3,145, gaining for a fourth day amid the Ethereum network's London upgrade, which reduces the pace of growth in the coins

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance halts new Hong Kong futures accounts

The largest crypto exchange by reported turnover said in a Twitter post that the move is effective immediately.

Ethereum software upgrade activated; ether, bitcoin down 4-5%

Ether was already lower on the day going into the technical adjustment