Indian crypto exchanges’ volume plunges as 30% tax goes into effect

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Payment services providers have also cut ties with major crypto exchanges despite having the same rate for gambling and fantasy sports platforms. Fresh data on Indian crypto exchanges’ trading volume reveals a significant decline in trading practices among Indians just ten days after the tax rule implementation. India’s new 30% crypto tax rule came into effect on April 1, despite many stakeholders and exchange operators warning against its ill effects. A research data report shared by Indian blockchain analytic firm Crebaco with Cointelegraph shows that trading volume on top Indian…

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Quik․com Marketplace Launches Minting of NFT Domain Names

Quik NFT Domain Names

With the rapid technological advancements, digitalization has witnessed a golden age in the past few years. Concepts we never even heard of are now becoming mainstream. One such example is NFT domains, rising as new web extensions. Quik.com is launching NFT domain names like .doge, .shib, .metaverse, .blockchain, .bored and .vr that are linked to the blockchain via smart contracts. The main characteristic of NFT domains that differentiates them from traditional domains is their decentralized nature. Traditionally, when we purchase a domain name, we are merely renting it for a…

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$1 billion flows into SHIB’s market cap in an hour as meme coin gets listed on Robinhood

Shiba Inu to USD Chart

Commission-free investment platform Robinhood has finally listed Shiba Inu (SHIB) after months of petitions and concern over whether crypto traders would ever see this day. The number of investors eager to buy Shiba Inu Coin has increased significantly after the revelation of the long-awaited listing. Notably, on April 12, the token saw a rush of capital, with $1 billion streaming into the digital asset in less than an hour. The dog coin spiked from $12.55 billion to $13.75 in just under an hour, adding $1.2 billion to its market capitalization,…

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How to Connect OpenSea to MetaMask

OpenSea Metamask

OpenSea NFT is the largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace in the world that supports Ethereum and Polygon blockchains. Often called the eBay of NFTs, OpenSea allows you to create and sell your own NFTs on their decentralized platform as well as discover new ones to add to your collection. Founded in 2017, OpenSea typically handles between $30M to $100M a day in volume. You may be confused about what exactly an NFT is in the first place. NFTs are digitally unique files that memorialize art, video, objects, documents, and other…

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Meta Is Planning to Create Its Own Token “Zuck Bucks”

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Meta, the parent company of the world’s biggest social media network, Facebook, is planning to develop its own cryptocurrencies and virtual tokens for its suite of products. It has been clear to everyone where the journey is headed since the renaming of the parent company from Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook to “Meta Platforms” (Meta for short). The aim is to enter the worlds of the Metaverse. The race to participate in the Metaverse has long been on and for purely digital companies like Facebook and the sisters under the Meta umbrella…

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303.6 Million SHIB Burned as Shiba Inu Is up 12%

Shiba Inu Latest Burn Transactions

Per data made public recently, another massive sum of Shiba Inu canine crypto has been sent to “inferno” wallets and, thus, taken out of circulation. Almost all of this amount of SHIB was burned in merely one transaction. Shiba Inu burns (as is the case with other cryptocurrencies) are being made in an attempt to reduce the circulating supply of the token and push the price toward higher highs. In the meantime, the second-biggest meme coin by market cap after DOGE has demonstrated a 12% rise in the past 24…

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Bitcoin Rockets Again to Over $46K

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After all the crypto market’s ups and downs, Bitcoin scores a price of over $46K. With a market cap of almost $900 billion, a 24-hour low/high numbers of $44,413.48/$47,172.18, and a seven-day low/high numbers of $40,842.4 /$46,992.89, Bitcoin has went up by 4.8% during the last four hours. The official page of Bitcoin on Twitter announced the news with a tweet, implying that no one can predict Bitcoin. The tweet had a short video of a rocket going up in the sky as well. The reactions to this fact were…

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Australian competition regulator takes Meta to court over fake crypto ads

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook) to the Federal Court, alleging that the firm and its Irish branch engaged in “false, misleading or deceptive conduct” by publishing scam celebrity crypto ads. Some users have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to the sophisticated and long-running scams tied to the ad. The spotlight on Meta has heated up in Australia since the start of February, with Cointelegraph previously reporting that the ACCC was investigating the firm over allegedly fraudulent crypto ads. Aussie mining…

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President Zelensky of Ukraine Signs Virtual Asset Bill to Legalize Crypto

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Ukraine formally legalizes crypto after receiving over $100 million in support from the crypto community since its war with Russia started. Ukraine’s president has officially signed the virtual asset bill to legalize cryptocurrencies for income, exchange, and business, as approved by parliament last month. This comes after weeks of financial support from the crypto community for help in fending off Russia’s invasion. According to a statement from the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the new law creates conditions for a legal virtual asset market in the country. It will…

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Nokia’s SaaS-based Data Marketplace selected by Equideum Health to power its healthcare blockchain solutions

Nokia Data Marketplace

Nokia announced that it has been selected by Equideum Health to help the US-based company jointly develop and deliver healthcare use-cases by using Nokia’s Data Marketplace (NDM) solution delivered through its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. NDM, launched in 2021, facilitates secure sharing of data and AI models in order to drive digital transformation and data monetization for ecosystem players. Taking those NDM capabilities in conjunction with its SaaS delivery model, Nokia will enable healthcare and life sciences blockchain leader Equideum Health to launch new use-cases faster and achieve time-to-value quicker. Equideum…

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Company auctions 1-of-1 Topps 1952 Mickey Mantle Card NFT in what may be the highest valued sports NFT to date

MICKEY MANTLE 1952 BASEBALL CARD NFT

History was made when the Topps trading card of American baseball player Mickey Mantle sold for $5.2 million. Setting a new standard for rare collectibles, traditional collectors quickly realized that this industry is far different from the days of older generations, with larger-ticket sales now commonplace. Now, the world is quickly shifting into a digital era, meaning physical assets that once held millions in value are making their way to the virtual world through nonfungible tokens (NFTs). The result is that NFTs are now being offered as the next generation…

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Binance invests $200M in Forbes to boost consumer knowledge on Bitcoin

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Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volumes, is making a strategic investment in the 104-year old magazine Forbes to improve consumer understanding of cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Forbes and Magnum Opus Acquisition Limited, a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), officially announced Thursday securing a $200 million strategic investment from Binance. Forbes previously announced plans to go public through a business combination with Magnum Opus in August 2021, with the deal expected to close in Q1 of 2022. Binance’s strategic investment will be through Binance’s assumption of subscription agreements…

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New Alfa Romeo SUV uses NFT and blockchain to track car records

Alfa Romeo Tonale SUV

Italian carmaker Alfa Romeo has unveiled its latest vehicle, the Tonale SUV. The firm claims that it is the first in the industry to connect each vehicle to its own blockchain-based token, which can keep track of the car’s whole life cycle. One of the most distinctive features of this SUV is that each car is linked to an accompanying nonfungible token (NFT). The Tonale NFT, according to Alfa Romeo, certifies a car upon purchase and then simply records and keeps data during the vehicle’s lifespan. Francesco Calcara, head of…

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SEC hits BlockFi with a $100 million penalty, gives 60 days to comply with a 1940 law

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On Feb. 14, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, announced actions against crypto lending company BlockFi over its failure to register high-yield interest accounts that the agency deems to be securities. New Jersey-based BlockFi will pay $50 million in settlement to the SEC and another $50 million to 32 U.S. states that brought similar charges. These are some of the heaviest penalties ever imposed by a U.S. federal regulator on a cryptocurrency service provider. The firm also agreed to stop onboarding new customers to the unregistered service, BlockFi Interest…

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New feature allows enterprises mint NFTs with minimal coding

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Recent Chainalysis data showed that users moved over $40 billion worth of crypto to Ethereum’s nonfungible token (NFT) smart contracts in 2021. While this reflects the rapid growth of NFTs, there are still many obstacles when it comes to minting these tokens, and one startup is addressing this problem by doing all the behind-scene processes. NFTs have been all the rage during the last few months, and most experts agree that the trend is here to stay given the transformative potential for a lot of industries, from digital art to…

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