Indian billionaire and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani has opposed the ban on cryptocurrencies in India, believing they should be seen as a new asset class. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been actively discussing the possibility of another ban on digital assets in the country. Last week, there was information from an Indian official that the government is preparing a bill to criminalize the circulation, storage, mining and transfer of crypto assets. Nandan

A ‘RelistXRP’ user movement has emerged on social media, in which users are asking various cryptocurrency exchanges to add XRP back to their platforms. The hashtag #RelistXRP is trending on Twitter for users in the Netherlands, and the movement is gaining momentum in Australia, the US and the UK. For example, in the Netherlands, more than 35,000 tweets with this hashtag were published, approximately 30,000 tweets in the United States and 24,000 in Australia. Many

The NFT MoonCats project community is concerned that the last 160 Genesis MoonCats tokens will be purchased by bots. Over 70% of participants vote to destroy the private key to the latest NFTs. Long-dormant tokenized collectibles platform MoonCats re-launched this month. The project was launched on August 9, 2017 by the developer Ponderware with a limit of 25,500 MoonCats. MoonCats collectibles include Moon-dwelling 8-bit cats that users can trade with each other. However, the community

Blockcap Mining Company Acquires 12,000 More Antminer S19 Blockcap, one of the largest Bitcoin mining firms in North America, has purchased 12,000 more Antminer S19 devices from Bitmain to boost its hash rate. According to Blockcap’s management, by Q4 the company will have more than 40,000 mining devices at its disposal, which will increase the company’s hashrate to 3.5 Eh / s. This will represent about 2% of the current total Bitcoin hash rate of

The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has approved the launch of the first Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) in Latin America. The fund, called QBTC11, will be launched by QR Capital. The value of ETF units (shares) is calculated based on a basket of specific assets, following their market value. In the case of Bitcoin ETFs, the exchange-traded fund is tied to that cryptocurrency. Bitcoin ETFs are traded on traditional exchanges, allowing institutional investors

According to researchers at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), compatible government cryptocurrencies will open up opportunities for countries to improve the system of cross-border payments. In a research note, BIS researchers Raphael Auer, Philipp Haene and Henry Holden presented potential cross-border payment mechanisms for several central bank digital currencies. The researchers say that the greatest efficiency will only be achieved if countries work together to remove banking barriers to a new, compatible form of

Mining Industry Development Committee established in Pakistan In the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a federal advisory committee, the KP Crypto Advisory Committee, has been formed to regulate the cryptocurrency mining and cryptoasset industry. Ziaulla Bangash, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister’s Advisor for Information Technology, tweeted that the committee had already held its first meeting on March 17. According to the direction of Minister Mahmood Khan, the provincial administration is taking serious steps to develop cryptocurrencies and

The central bank of Ireland has extended the anti-money laundering laws to cryptocurrency firms – starting from April, companies will have to conduct special customer checks. In addition to implementing anti-money laundering procedures, Irish cryptocurrency firms will have to comply with other basic requirements of local regulators. Such procedures should be implemented by both cryptocurrency exchanges and digital asset companies and financial service providers for these firms. According to the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5)

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has updated the data specified in Form S-1 for filing with the SEC. The exchange announced the registration of approximately 115 million shares for direct listing on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. According to an updated filing filed by Coinbase with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the exchange intends to list 114,850,769 Class A common shares on the stock market. Their maximum value is estimated at approximately $ 943,218,155. However, the

Hawaiian Democrats have called on the Department of Commerce and Consumer Protection to lift restrictions imposed on cryptocurrency firms several years ago. Legislators have asked the regulator to review the requirements for virtual asset service providers (VASP). According to current regulations, companies that trade digital assets, as well as transfer or store them, are required to have a reserve stock of fiat money. Their number should be equivalent to the value of the digital assets