BUSINESS
Mastercard set to launch crypto-linked Payment Cards in Asia Pacific
Mastercard's new partners – Thailand-based Amber Group and Bitkub, along with Australia headquartered CoinJar offer cryptocurrency purchase and exchange services in their respective domestic markets
BUSINESS
Shiba Inu outpaces Dogecoin: See what is fuelling its rise
Shiba Inu, which was created in August 2020 by an anonymous person who uses the moniker Ryoshi, is modelled on Dogecoin.
BUSINESS
Shiba Inu early investors are now billionaires; Should you invest?
Shiba Inu's current valuation of $41 billion is more than the market cap of ITC, Larsen and Toubro, Maruti Suzuki, Nestle India and Adani Green Energy. Despite the alt coin’s massive gains, price volatility makes it very risky
BUSINESS
Dogecoin outpaces 'killer' Shiba Inu to climb 32%, gears up to rise higher
Market capitalisation of Dogecoin has surged past $42 billion, nearly 30 percent increase in the last 24 hours.
TRENDS
Zomato apologises for employee's ‘Hindi is national language’ comment after Twitter storm
Following the incident, Zomato issued an apology and stated that the employee has been terminated. The behaviour was not in line with the company’s protocols, it noted.
TRENDS
Jeff Bezos shares old article predicting Amazon’s failure, Elon Musk hands him silver medal
In September, Musk became the world’s richest person with the fortune of over $200 billion surpassing Bezos, according to Forbes.
BUSINESS
RBI likely to keep rates unchanged on October 8, may provide roadmap on liquidity management
RBI had last slashed the repo rate in May 2020 to a historic low of 4 percent to support the COVID-19 hit economy. This will be the eighth time that RBI maintains its stance if it decides to keep the rates unchanged.
TRENDS
Explained: What led to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp's global outage
Facebook blamed the "faulty configuration change" for nearly six hours of global outage adding that its internal tools and systems were also impacted complicating attempts to diagnose and resolve the problem.
BUSINESS
El Salvador is mining bitcoin using energy from volcanos
Bitcoin mining has come under fire for the massive carbon footprint as most of this electricity used is derived from fossil fuels
TRENDS
Elon Musk wants Dogecoin fees reduced to make purchases cheaper
A Dogecoin enthusiast, Musk has been the most popular crusader of the meme cryptocurrency whose tweets are known to contribute to the price volatility of the coin.
BUSINESS
These underdog cryptocurrencies surged upto 450% in last 24 hours
Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin are among the cryptocurrencies that have seen a steep price volatility.
TECHNOLOGY
EXCLUSIVE | 10 mobile apps using Razorpay payment gateway expose transaction keys
CloudSEK said leaked API details can be exploited to gain personal details of users, like phone numbers and email addresses, and also to initiate unauthorised refunds. Mobile applications of companies like Isha Foundation, Zify and Ruptok named in the report.
TRENDS
Sony battling leaked trailer of 'Spider-Man: No Way Home', Twitter breaks into Tom Holland meme fest
The leaked video of the trailer of 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' is a poor quality recording of a recording on a mobile phone with a watermark across the screen.
BUSINESS
Why is everyone talking about Cardano?
At the current price of $2.82, Cardano’s market capitalisation stands $90.60 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. Its price has gone up by nearly 11.3 percent in the last 24 hours.
BUSINESS
First blockchain merger: MATIC, HEZ to integrate into Polygon ecosystem
As part of the deal, Hermez will be fully merged with Polygon with the new name “Polygon Hermez” along with its 26 members of staff who will join the Polygon’s team.
TRENDS
Use Bitcoin to buy Domino's Pizza, Baskin Robin ice creams and more in India: Know how
Unocoin is providing its users with a diversified option of brands across sectors like travel, restaurants, lifestyle companies, clothes, accessories, hotels, and much more to use their Bitcoins as an alternative cash commodity.
BUSINESS
Profiteering, fraud, inequality — Dogecoin co-founder Jackson Palmer reveals dark side of cryptocurrency
Palmer in a series of tweets terms cryptocurrency “an inherently right-wing, hyper-capitalistic technology.”
INDIA
Flight ban, quarantine policies add to students' woes: Is Canada losing its charm?
Travelling through transit countries not only increases the travel time by several days but also substantially increase the cost of one-way travel to Canada.
TRENDS
Zomato’s IPO: A look at how companies, startups celebrated
BigBasket, among others, congratulated the food aggregator and used the moment for marketing with a pun saying “We're here if you ever want to 'stock' up".
TRENDS
After PUBG, Shein set to make a comeback; is it an attempt to circumvent govt's ban?
While Amazon does have a 'conditions of use' policy that binds the sellers with its privacy policy, it sheds responsibility in cases where the seller uses a third-party vendor.
BUSINESS
This Indian brand now accepts payment in crypto, do cryptocurrencies benefit companies?
The first approach is simply accepting payments in cryptocurrency using third party systems and converting it into fiat currency.
BUSINESS
Explained | Impact of SEBI amendments on norms for Independent Directors
SEBI has revised guidelines for the appointment and removal of independent directors and strengthened their position in the remuneration and audit committees.
CRYPTOCURRENCY
Questions over a billion dollars as Bitcoin owner dies: Here's how you can protect your cryptocurrency assets
To solve this problem, cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet services have come up with services to help access the coins in case of the death of the owner.
BUSINESS
Meme Cryptocurrencies | All you want to know: From hot favourites in crypto world to miffed regulators
While both meme currencies have the face of a canine, dogecoin operates on its own blockchain, Shiba Inu is on the Ethereum blockchain.
