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  • Oct 08, 2024

Aditya Worah is a former advertising professional, a freelance tech writer and a cryptocurrency enthusiast. He is pursuing a degree in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai.

Bitcoin Price Spikes to $24,000 in Iran After Govt Gives Nod to Crypto Mining

Iran officially announced that the country would recognize cryptocurrency mining as an industry - and that it would officially be implemented in three weeks.

IBM Reveals a Blockchain Payments System Based on the Stellar Network

Today, IBM took the ‘Blockchain World Wire’ payments network out of the ‘Beta’ phase. 

Cryptocurrency Trading Desk No Longer a Priority for Goldman Sachs

It now appears that the company is slowly backing out of the crypto markets, as reports are now claiming that it has put these plans on an indefinite hold.

People’s Bank of China Launches New Research Center for Crypto Research

Reports from China indicate that a new digital currency research center has now been set up in Nanjing, the capital of the Jiangsu province in Eastern China. 

Crime Doesn’t Pay: Cryptojacking Websites Making Less Than $6/Day on Average

A research report from Germany’s Braunschweig University of Technology states that most websites using cryptojacking are making less than $6 a day on an average

Your DNA Can Now Store Your Cryptocurrency Private Key!

A startup called Carverr now provides the perfect solution to ensuring you never end up forgetting the key - by storing it in your DNA! 

BTC.com Mining Pool Now Supports ETH/ETC Mining

The BTC.com cryptocurrency mining pool will now support Ethereum and Ethereum Classic mining - an announcement from the pool confirms.

State of West Bengal to Test Blockchain-Based Birth Certificates

The government hopes that with the help of blockchain technology, the process would become more streamlined in terms of handling administrative operations.

Seven Arrested in Mumbai Over International Bitcoin Scam

The modus operandi of these scammers was to call up US residents and ask them to pay ‘loan tax’ they owe to the IRS in form of Bitcoin payments

Nvidia Exits the Crypto-Mining Industry

One of the biggest reasons behind Nvidia’s exit from the crypto mining markets is the fact that it has realised that the user interest in this sector is declining.