Prabhjote Gill
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Prabhjote writes about technology, science and economics. Before Business Insider, she's worked with Tech Radar where she covered the newest gadgets and the most recent trends of the tech world. With master's degree in Economics, she's presented six papers in international conferences and published one under Delhi University. As a solivagant in the constant state of fernweh, curiosity is the main weapon in her arsenal.
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India’s crypto tax will either send traders underground or back to stock markets, say experts
India’s 30% crypto tax could push traders to find new and innovative ways to bypass paying the taxm…
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Taxing cryptocurrencies does not give them legal status, clarifies India’s finance minister
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarified in Parliament that taxing cryptocurrencies do…
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RBI governor still has not thawed on ‘private’ cryptocurrencies — compares crypto hype to ‘tulip mania’
RBI governor Shaktikanta Das claims that cryptocurrencies have no underlying value, not even worth …
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India’s digital rupee may not necessarily be on the blockchain, according to the country’s central bank
India’s upcoming digital rupee may not necessarily use blockchain technology for RBI’s central bank…
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Bitcoin, Ethereum and others are on a high even as overall market value takes a hit
The prices of leading cryptocurrencies are in the green todayHowever, the global market value has s…
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Mark Cuban-backed Polygon raises nearly half a billion dollars from 40 VCs led by Sequoia
Homegrown blockchain technology firm Polygon has raised $450 million from more than 40 venture capi…
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From cryptocurrencies to NFTs, India to tax all ‘virtual digital’ assets at 30%
India plans to tax cryptocurrency transactions at a rate of 30%. This is at par with the highest in…
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India’s defence budget lays out more money for local contracts, a new independent approval body and leaves a quarter for R&D
The Indian government and its push for self-reliance in defence isn’t taking a back seat this year.…
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Kavin Bharti Mittal's Hike partners with Polygon to bring the Rush Gaming Universe onto web3
Kavin Bharti Mittal’s Rush by Hike has partnered with the layer-2 blockchain platform, Polygon. The…
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EXCLUSIVE: Kavin Bharti Mittal dives into what Hike’s version of the metaverse is going to look like
Hike’s whitepaper for going web3 is set to go live next month. The process of taking Rush by Hike o…
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Six reasons why India’s central bank believes cryptocurrencies threaten financial stability
The Reserve Bank of India states that private cryptocurrencies pose a threat to financial stability…
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India’s market watchdog warns mutual funds to stay away from crypto assets at least until regulations come in
India's market watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), wants mutual funds to w…
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India ends Winter Session of Parliament with no crypto bill in sight
The Indian Parliament’s Winter Session has drawn to a close with no cryptocurrency bill making it t…
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India’s crypto bill may take a page out of the new IT rules and ask exchanges to appoint a grievance officer
India’s crypto bill is still a work-in-progress and the final draft is yet to get the Cabinet’s gre…
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INTERVIEW: The Indian Government is asking experts these questions as it mulls over the crypto bill — and the metaverse isn’t one of them yet
As the Indian government mulls over how to regulate the crypto industry, the metaverse is far from …
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INTERVIEW: Old-school regulatory framework for traditional assets won’t work for cryptocurrencies and blockchain, says CrossTower CEO
CrossTower estimates that the crypto industry can add $1.1 trillion to India’s economy over the nex…
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The lawyer behind getting India’s 2018 crypto ban quashed hasn’t ruled out going to court again
The industry as a whole is hoping that the government will find the right balance so as to not r…
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Indian government confirms that its new crypto bill is not the same as the old one
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has confirmed that the government's new crypto bill — t…
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Raghuram Rajan believes only a handful of cryptocurrencies will survive the hype — over 400 tokens have hit the dust in the last six months
The former governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Raghuram Rajan, believes that only a handfu…
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India’s cryptocurrency bill is going up for discussion in December — but it seems to be beating to same rhythm as 10 months ago
The Indian government plans to put its cryptocurrency bill up for discussion in Parliament during t…
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Elon Musk wants Dogecoin investors to be ‘protected’ as Binance extends withdrawal freeze by another week
Binance’s freeze on Dogecoin withdrawals could get extended by another week, and tech billionaire E…
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Crypto players in India to meet with government today to give inputs on the potential of cryptocurrencies in the country and its impact
Representatives from Indian crypto exchanges like WazirX, Coinswitch Kuber, CoinDCX and others are …
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Telos is hedging against a possible ‘prolonged bear market’ with fresh investment from its first-ever marquee investors
Douglas Horn, the chief architect of Telos, told Business Insider that they kept away from marquee …
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Two of the biggest cryptocurrencies in the crypto market are set to double in value this year, according to analysts
After hitting a new all-time high in October, analysts are betting on Ethereum and Bitcoin to doubl…
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Polkadot hits a new all-time high of $51 ahead of its very first parachain auctions getting approved
Polkadot’s price hit an all-time high of $51.47 today. The rally in the Polkadot’s coin, DOT, comes…