BTC, ETH Record Minor Price Spikes, Most Altcoins Register Significant Profits

BTC, ETH Record Minor Price Spikes, Most Altcoins Register Significant Profits

The crypto price charts reflected profits next to most cryptocurrencies on Tuesday, February 21. Bitcoin grew by 2.09 percent to trade at the price point of $24,920 (roughly Rs. 20 lakh). The oldest, most expensive cryptocurrency followed a similar trajectory on international exchanges such as Binance and CoinMarketCap to trade…

EU’s Pending Banking Law Calls for Fast-Track Crypto Capital Rules for Banks

EU’s Pending Banking Law Calls for Fast-Track Crypto Capital Rules for Banks

Tough capital rules for banks holding cryptoassets must be fast-tracked in the European Union’s pending banking law if Europe wants to avoid missing a globally-agreed deadline, the bloc’s executive has said. The global Basel Committee of banking regulators from the world’s main financial centres has set a January 2025 deadline…

BTC, ETH Retain Losses for Second Day in Row, Majority Altcoins Record Dips

BTC, ETH Retain Losses for Second Day in Row, Majority Altcoins Record Dips

Most cryptocurrencies, for the second day in a row, reflected losses on the price charts on Friday, February 10. Bitcoin value dipped by around 2.70 percent on both, Indian exchanges such as CoinSwitch Kuber, as well as international ones like Binance and CoinMarketCap among others. The price of the oldest…

BTC, ETH Open Trading in Narrow Range on India’s Union Budget Announcement Day

BTC, ETH Open Trading in Narrow Range on India’s Union Budget Announcement Day

Most of the popular cryptocurrencies opened trading with profits on Wednesday, February 1, the same day India is set to get its Union Budget for the fiscal year of 2023-2024. Bitcoin, with a small gain of 1.36 percent, is currently priced $23,129 (roughly Rs. 18.9 lakh). The oldest cryptocurrency also…

FTX Collapse Has Put Spotlight on Vulnerabilities in Crypto Ecosystem: Economic Survey 2022-23

FTX Collapse Has Put Spotlight on Vulnerabilities in Crypto Ecosystem: Economic Survey 2022-23

The recent collapse of the crypto exchange FTX and the ensuing sell-off in the crypto markets have placed a spotlight on the vulnerabilities in the crypto ecosystem, the Economic Survey 2022-23 presented in Parliament said on Tuesday. Crypto assets are self-referential instruments and do not strictly pass the test of…

India Should Consider Lowering TDS Rate on Cryptocurrency Trade to Stem Flight of Capital, Users: Report

India Should Consider Lowering TDS Rate on Cryptocurrency Trade to Stem Flight of Capital, Users: Report

India should consider lowering the 1 percent TDS on cryptocurrency trade as a high rate is causing a flight of capital and users to platforms in foreign jurisdictions and the grey market, a report said on Tuesday. The ‘Impact Assessment of 1 percent TDS on VDAs’ report by Chase India…

Binance Moved $346 Million for Seized Bitzlato Crypto Exchange, Blockchain Data Shows

Binance Moved $346 Million for Seized Bitzlato Crypto Exchange, Blockchain Data Shows

Crypto giant Binance processed almost $346 million (roughly (Rs. 2,900 crore) in Bitcoin for the Bitzlato digital currency exchange, whose founder was arrested by US authorities last week for allegedly running a “money laundering engine,” blockchain data seen by Reuters show. The Justice Department on January 18 said it charged Bitzlato’s…

BTC Opens at $16,570, ETH Joins Stablecoins in Recording Losses: First Monday of 2023

BTC Opens at $16,570, ETH Joins Stablecoins in Recording Losses: First Monday of 2023

The first Monday of 2023 did not open with quite the sparkle for the crypto market. Bitcoin, on January 2, barely grew with a 0.13 percent gain. At the time of writing, BTC values hovered around the price point of $16,570 (roughly Rs. 13.7 lakh). The first ever cryptocurrency to…

BTC, ETH See Miniscule Profits, Losses Strike Stablecoins Tether, USD Coin

BTC, ETH See Miniscule Profits, Losses Strike Stablecoins Tether, USD Coin

Bitcoin on Friday, December 30, opened trading with a small profit of 0.08 percent. At the time of writing, BTC prices on national and international exchanges, stand at $16,585 (roughly Rs. 13.7 lakhs). From its last all-time high of $68,000 recorded last November, the year of 2022 pushed Bitcoin down…

550,000 BTC Worth $9.2 Billion Estimated to Have Left Exchanges in 2022

550,000 BTC Worth $9.2 Billion Estimated to Have Left Exchanges in 2022

The market status of Bitcoin slipped drastically throughout this year. In a new report, Glassnode has estimated that around 550,000 Bitcoin have left the crypto exchanges in 2022. As per BTC’s current value of $16,858 (roughly Rs. 13.9 lakh), BTC 550,000 amounts to $9.2 billion (roughly Rs. 76,760 crore). The…