WhatsApp, Facebook’s messaging app that is trying to make inroads in the digital payments market in India, has created a system to store payment data locally in India. Reuters, citing a statement from WhatsApp, reported the company confirmed it built the system in response to India’s payment data guidelines. India has required companies to store […]
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The Wall Street Journal creates, then gets rid of, its own cryptocurrency and the Petro may be ready for public sale in November. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, […]
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More governments are tracking crypto, but ways to stay anonymous remain. Much noise has been made about the untraceable qualities of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin “can be used to buy merchandise anonymously” said early primers on crypto, it offers users the kind of financial privacy that was previously available only from a “Swiss bank […]
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Cybersecurity firm Banbreach reports that nearly 30,000 routers in India are infected with cryptojacking software. A recent report by security company Banbreach has found that in the past month, the number of routers compromised by cryptojacking software in India has doubled. The report indicates that hackers have cracked over 30,000 routers within the country, Hard […]
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Want a nod to the power of a message – to the power of social media? Look no further than the weight of a single WhatsApp message, which sank a stock in India, erasing almost three quarters of its value. Bloomberg reported Friday that eCommerce firm Infibeam Avenues Ltd shares plunged 71 percent after a […]
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One of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has suddenly suspended its services due to the uncertain legal status of crypto assets. Major Indian cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay announced it had stopped all trading due to the country’s banking ban. The official announcement was published Thursday, September 27. Citing “extremely difficult” conditions it encountered attempting to process customer […]
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The National Stock Exchange of India is testing a Hyperledger-based blockchain platform developed by Elemential Labs to conduct e-voting. The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) is testing a blockchain platform developed by Elemential Labs to conduct e-voting for listed companies, local news outlet Hindu BusinessLine reports September 27. The NSE’s pilot will entail tokenizing […]
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Crypto mining malware has risen by 86% in Q2, with 2.5 million new malware coin miner samples, according to a McAfee Labs report. The number of crypto mining malware attacks used by hackers has continued rising, with total samples growing by 86% in the second quarter of 2018, according to the latest threat report by […]
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Tech giant Dell says it aims to remain a leader in the Indian server market by introducing blockchain products. Tech giant Dell EMC Technologies plans to remain a leader in the Indian server market by introducing products that have blockchain capabilities, local news outlet Economic Times India reports September 26. Dell has identified blockchain, artificial […]
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Tuesday marks the final deadline for consideration of appeals against the Reserve Bank of India’s cryptocurrency ban. India’s Supreme Court will listen to the final round of petitions against the country’s central bank banning cryptocurrency dealings. The hearing is set to happen today, September 25, local news outlet Financial Express reports. The latest step in […]
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