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Shivam Vahia

Shivam Vahia

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Iran is bringing back cryptocurrency mining, but China shows no signs of changing its mind

Regulations around cryptocurrency saw a lot of upheaval over the past one year world over. While Ch…

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Cardano overtakes Binance Coin to become the third largest cryptocurrency — here’s what’s driving the rally

The rally in the crypto asset's value is attributed to the Alonzo Purple public test net launc…

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The hacker behind the biggest heist in crypto is now refusing to return the remaining funds

The USDT account the attacker is referring to has $33 million in stablecoins. Tether has fro…

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Solana and Terra have jumped by 40% over the last two days despite increased threat of hackers in the DeFi space

DeFi-based cryptocurrencies SOL and LUNA have surged by 40% in the last two days to an all-time hig…

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Marvel’s Captain America NFTs to hit the stands after Spiderman’s success

The launch of the Captain America series is a complementary succession to the Spider Man NFT co…

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Bitcoin has surged more than 35% in the last month and the race to $50,000 is being fueled by institutional interest

During the bull run, the balance on exchanges fell in late 2020 and early 2021, then imm…

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Messi’s move to PSG includes getting partly paid in the club’s cryptocurrency — the value of which has tripled since last week

After his emotional departure from Barcelona, Messi arrived in Paris shortly thereafter to final…

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This Indian crypto company just raised $2.5 million to launch crypto mutual funds and ETFs

An Indian crypto-asset management platform Mudrex wants to make investing in cryptocurrencies easie…

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NFT game Axie Infinity clocks highest-ever $1 billion in trade with its crypto-based virtual economy

Axie Infinity, a game that runs on non-fungibles tokens (NFTs), has hit an all time high in sales o…

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Top ways to keep your cryptocurrency wallet safe and not end up losing millions due to a lost password or hard drive

There have been numerous stories about users losing access to their cryptocurrencies because they f…

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Coinbase now lets you purchase crypto via Apple Pay, Google Pay option to arrive soon as well

Investors will be able to immediately cash out up to $100,000 in one go, according to the compan…

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Cambodia doesn’t want to depend on the dollar anymore — and its centralised cryptocurrency already has 5.9 million users

Cambodia has a population of just 17 million, almost comparable to the Indian union territor…

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Monero’s ‘Fluffypony’ joins Ross Ulbricht and Arthur Hayes behind bars — but for a non-crypto crime

The former developer of privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Monero, Riccardo Spagni — also known online…

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China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency trading will continue as its central bank raises the heat on financial institutions

Coming from the State Council's Financial Stability Committee, China's highest level financial…

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Bitcoin’s largest corporate investor wants to buy more despite taking a loss — and it has $1.5 billion to spend

Due to the dip, the overall value of the Bitcoin in MicroStrategy’s kitty was at $2.051 billio…

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After seizing $47 million from crypto tax dodgers, South Korea is looking to tighten the net

Cryptocurrencies will no longer serve as a tax haven for investors in South Korea. The tax authorit…

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Bitcoin is getting harder to mine as its hash rate recovers and price momentarily crosses $40,000

Bitcoin miners outside of China have been reaping the benefits of Bitcoin’s drop in difficulty. But…

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Inadvisable shortcut, a step too far, and dire consequences — the IMF warns countries against using Bitcoin as a national currency

The IMF termed El Salvador's take on Bitcoin as a ‘shortcut’. According to the fund, Bitco…

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Bitcoin price witnesses largest single day jump in six weeks riding on speculation that Amazon is jumping on the crypto bandwagon

Furthermore, the weekend gain put Bitcoin above its 50-day moving average for the first time s…

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India’s Polygon is betting big on gaming and NFTs — so much so that it’s created a whole department for it

Web 1 is generally considered to be the initial era of the internet when websites were static an…

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Twitter alternative built on Ethereum will let users monetise their posts and come up with their own rules

The founder and CEO of Aave, Stani Kulechov, wants to build a new blockchain version of Twitter. An…

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Japan is increasing vigilance on crypto — to hire more employees and explore CBDC

The island nation was the first country in the world to put a law in place that defined ‘crypto …

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After closing down exchanges and other related businesses, China is going after crypto community forums like Coin World

Also called Coin World, the site was most well known for providing news, social network services…

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VISA crypto debit cards are coming to Australia amid regulatory uncertainty

While the rest of Asia Pacific is busy trying to regulate cryptocurrencies the best way that they k…