Backed by Digital Currency Group and hedge fund BlockTower Capital, Hedera raised $124 million in August last year amid a slumping cryptocurrency market

RIL Chairman told shareholders that over the next year, Reliance Jio Infocomm will install one of the world's largest blockchain networks across India with tens of thousands of nodes operational on day one

The panel, headed headed by Finance Secretary Subhash Garg, however makes a clear distinction between the private cryptocurrencies and an official one that the government may consider  issuing in the future. Moreover, it advocated the use of Distributed Ledger Technologies, especially in financial services.

Emerging technologies like blockchain and smart contracts have helped fintech companies to enhance the security of consumer data and make the digital lending process more transparent.

Bitcoin fell 8 per cent on Tuesday, breaching $10,000 for the first time in two weeks after US lawmakers grilled Facebook on its cryptocurrency plans, as political and regulatory scrutiny of digital coins intensifies.

A Facebook spokesperson said that \"There are no plans to offer Calibra in India,\" \"As you may know, there are local restrictions within India that made a launch of Calibra not possible at this time.\" reported Bloomberg.

Facebook Inc will face unprecedented regulatory scrutiny over a new digital currency that the social media company hopes will become globally recognized legal tender within a year.

WhatsApp is rolling out the possibility to use PiP when you switch to another chat or when WhatsApp is in the background

WhatsApp status is similar to the Facebook stories and the new feature will allow users to seamlessly share their status over to Facebook, Instagram, Gmail and Google Photos

The Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will replace the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, which was promulgated in March

The market is expecting some directional measures from the Union Budget 2019 as this will be the first budget of prime minister Narendra Modi-led NDA-2 government

Despite the worries of weak global markets, domestic equity market closed higher today, buoyed by buying pressure in Metal, Pharma, Realty and Banking indices. BSE 30 share Sensex closed with a gain of 137 points at 39,572, while the NSE Nifty50 closed at 11,842 level, with an advance of 45 points.According to experts, a positive momentum has been triggered in domestic stock market as monsoon swiftly progressed towards central and north India. Equity market today opened with minor...

The Indian rupee closed at 11-week high against the US dollar for the third session today on the hopes of a trade deal between the US and China.

Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market cap surpassed $12,000 level for the first time today in almost a year and a half (since January 2018). Bitcoin, that traded in the range of $3,000-$4,000 for the first four months of 2019, has more than tripled this year.

WhatsApp is planning to come out with features in the coming months that can be termed as 'alarming'