Blockchain & crypto news from India
The cryptocurrency markets is showing signs of life, though some describe the current range-bound prices as making for a rather trading experience. For the first time since the Merge, the price of Ether went above $1600. The uptick could be the result of some positive news of abatement in rise in interest rates. Cointelegraph in…
Visa, the worldwide payments giant has launched a project that targets to be a ‘universal adapter’ of blockchain that can link various cryptos, central bank digital currencies (CBDC) as well as stablecoin. On Thursday, an official announcement made it clear that the research team of Visa is working on a ‘Universal Payment Channel’ (UPC) initiative,…
Twitter CEO pushes for open, decentralized exchange for BTC High volatility has been a major concern for traders and investors in the crypto space. Despite the fluctuation in prices, especially Bitcoin(BTC) price; the need to adopt cryptocurrency hasn’t reduced with institutions pooling up funds in order not to be left behind in the space and…
On June 22, Visa and PayPal led a $300 million fundraising in Blockchain Capital, a crypto venture capital (VC) firm. Additionally, a few other investors and the 2 payments giants will participate in the firm’s strategic partnership program. The organization’s 5th funding round, called ‘Fund V’, was oversubscribed at its $300 million hard limits. According…
Visa has announced that it will start accepting payments in the crypto USD coin directly at end of the March. USD coin is a stablecoin linked to the U.S. dollar with 1 USD Coin pegged to $1. The company’s crypto.com debit cards once required conversion to a conventional currency from digital currencies that Visa accepts….
No doubt the entire year 2020 was spent amidst the chaos created by the novel Coronavirus. However, there is still one thing that gained popularity besides this pandemic and that is cryptocurrencies. Delivering a return of over 800% during the financial year 2020-2021, the oldest and biggest cryptocurrency in the world, Bitcoin stole the limelight…
Tweet Bitcoins! Bottlepay brings real-time bitcoin payments The firm said, “Users can tweet bitcoin and fiat currency to other users instantly”. The U.K based payments platform Bottlepay brings real-time bitcoin payments to Twitter. Bottlepay is aiming to disrupt the payments space by enabling real-time cross-broader transfers of both fiat money and cryptocurrencies. The beta version…