Does India really need a central bank digital currency?India's central bank digital currency (CBDC), introduced to counter private virtual currencies, struggles with adoption and utility. Existi...
21 Oct, 2024, 11.23 PM IST
El Salvador's 'Bitcoin Beach' cheers cryptocurrency surgeIn a surf town in El Salvador nicknamed "Bitcoin Beach," shopkeeper Maria Aguirre watched with delight as the cryptocurrency -- and her inv...
20 Mar, 2024, 08.25 AM IST
Netflix India FY23 report card; key takeaways from Vibrant Gujarat SummitStreaming giant Netflix saw a 24% rise in revenues from India on the back of lower subscription fees in FY23. This and more in today’s ETte...
10 Jan, 2024, 07.58 PM IST
Tata Pay bags payment aggregator licence; Binny Bansal’s new startup OppDoorHappy 2024! Welcome to the first edition of ETtech’s Top 5 in the new year. Tata group’s digital payments business, Tata Payments, has secu...
02 Jan, 2024, 07.56 PM IST
There's no crypto winter on Portugal's 'Bitcoin Beach'Yet the Portuguese government may throw a wrench in the country’s status as a crypto hub. In May, Fernando Medina, the finance minister, sa...
28 Sep, 2022, 02.23 PM IST
Musk mutes Twitter; Swiggy acquires Dineout"Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,...
13 May, 2022, 07.46 PM IST
Cryptocurrency payments slowly gain ground in IndiaCryptocurrency is increasingly gaining in prominence as a payment method among a small yet growing set of businesses in the formal and info...
04 Oct, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
A glimpse under the hood of El Salvador's bitcoin experimentPresident Nayib Bukele said bitcoin will be optional in the poor, dollarized country but that using it will eliminate commissions Salvadora...
08 Sep, 2021, 11.33 AM IST
El Salvador's world-first adoption of bitcoin endures bumpy first dayThe bold experiment got off to a bumpy start when shortly after midnight, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele complained the government-backe...
08 Sep, 2021, 10.12 AM IST
A glimpse under the hood of El Salvador's bitcoin experimentPresident Nayib Bukele, who has championed the initiative, said the digital currency will be optional in the poor, dollarized country but t...
08 Sep, 2021, 08.56 AM IST
Migrant families wary as El Salvador becomes first to adopt bitcoinAs of this week, El Salvador's government says its historic adoption of bitcoin as legal tender will save Salvadorans living abroad million...
07 Sep, 2021, 08.52 AM IST
A first in India: Crypto co lets users pay for common daily-use items like pizza, coffee using bitcoinsAccording to Unocoin, while in many parts of the world bitcoins are already accepted as a medium of exchange for trading, this would be a f...
12 Aug, 2021, 01.47 PM IST
Bitcoin ATMs are coming to a gas station near youThe machines have multiplied quickly through the United States over the past year, fueled by a frenzy in crypto trading that sent bitcoin p...
15 Mar, 2021, 03.39 PM IST
Missing a long-distance friend? Send them presents via 'Easter Egg'The startup plans to introduce vouchers for holidays, bachelorettes and spinster parties and is scouting for more offbeat gifting ideas.
12 May, 2017, 12.41 AM IST
Note ban: Zebpay, Unocoin & Coinsecure see surge in new users willing to experiment with bitcoinCoinsecure founder Benson Samuel said the company registered a 300% increase in sign-ups in November and now has 90,000 users.
15 Dec, 2016, 01.58 AM IST
Bitcoin gang gets 67 new e-currencies; value grows to $13 billionBitcoin is a virtual currency that can be generated through complex computer software systems with solutions shared on a network.
30 Dec, 2013, 01.20 AM IST
From eatery to meetup, entrepreneurs increasingly accepting 'bitcoins' in IndiaWhile bitcoin gains in popularity in India, entrepreneurs and investors say they are concerned about the RBI’s stance on the digital curren...
25 Dec, 2013, 11.04 AM IST