There are talks of North Block considering an 18 per cent GST on Bitcoin transactions. But, could there be a sin tax of 28 per cent, given its alleged nefarious status

Bitcoin breached $50,000 mark for the first time on Tuesday, mainly due to increasing interest and participation from institutional investors

Bitcoin breached $50,000 mark for the first time on Tuesday, mainly due to increasing interest and participation from institutional investors

Cryptocurrency exchanges in India have witnessed multifold jump in their daily trades after Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, soared over 310 per cent in 2020

The CEIB has conducted a study on levying GST on cryptocurrencies. It suggested finance ministry that bitcoin can be categorised under 'intangible assets' class and GST could be imposed on all transactions

From banking and logistics to governance, the public ledger technology is helping cut cost and time, enhancing efficiencies

As central banks look at digital currencies, this emerging technology will soon be hard to ignore

This is the second attempt by the government in as many years to divest Air India, which has been in the red for long

This is the second attempt by the government in as many years to divest Air India, which has been in the red for long

WhatsApp Pay started as a pilot programme in 2018 wherein a million Indian users participated. Overwhelmed by the response, Facebook is expanding the payments feature to more countries.

While Sensex made an intraday high of 39,917, Nifty crossed 11,800 level for the first time since July 5 to touch 11,809.40 mark intraday.

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.

Indian crypto-enthusiasts are hoping that the entry of a large player like Facebook will lend legitimacy to the technology and in turn be able to convince central bank to extend banking services to crypto start-ups

WhatsApp began piloting its payments service in India in 2018 and claimsthat  almost one million people in the country are currently \"testing\" the feature

The UN report noted that since 2016, North Korea has become an increasingly sophisticated actor in cyberattacks for financial gain and evading sanctions, citing the Cosmos Bank heist as an example.

The Reserve Bank of India has levied an aggregate penalty of Rs 4 crore on the bank for delayed implementation of four of the Swift related operational controls.

Over four years earlier, Sujan began work on a blockchain-based search engine that is everything that Google isn't -- non-partisan, unprompted and paid-for. The question is: is there a market for it?

The Supreme Court is currently hearing a case between virtual money exchanges and the RBI, and the next hearing on the matter is scheduled for September 17.