India's tech hiring chills; Polymarket's IPL betHappy Tuesday! The tech sector is seeing a slowdown in hiring driven by internal cost controls. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dis...
07 Apr, 2026, 08.00 AM IST
Chinese tech giants Tencent and Ant Group pledge to ban NFTs, cryptocurrency marketplacesAccording to the South China Morning Post, Tencent and Ant Group joined a self-driven industry initiative to ban cryptocurrency and fight s...
04 Jul, 2022, 05.54 PM IST
IMF asks El Salvador to drop bitcoin, more countries clamp downThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged El Salvador to drop bitcoin as a legal tender, citing risks to the nation's financial stabi...
26 Jan, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
Russia proposes ban on use and mining of cryptocurrenciesRussia has argued for years against cryptocurrencies, saying they could be used in money laundering or to finance terrorism.
21 Jan, 2022, 02.55 PM IST
Russia's central bank calls for crypto crackdownThe move is the latest in a global cryptocurrency crackdown as governments from Asia to the United States worry that privately operated and...
21 Jan, 2022, 09.40 AM IST
China proposes adding cryptocurrency mining to 'negative list' of industriesThe "negative list" details sectors and industries that are off-limits to both Chinese and foreign investors.
09 Oct, 2021, 12.08 PM IST
Cryptocurrency exchanges rush to cut ties with Chinese users after fresh crackdownShares in crypto-related firms tumbled on Monday with crypto asset manager and trading firm Huobi Tech plunging 23% and OKG Technology Hold...
27 Sep, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
What's new in China's crackdown on crypto?While China has been putting in place increasingly stricter rules on virtual currencies, it has now made all activities related to them ill...
25 Sep, 2021, 11.53 AM IST
Beijing doubles down on rooting out crypto in ChinaThe People's Bank of China's statement sent bitcoin tumbling to a two-week low and ether to a more than five-week low. On Tuesday, prices o...
22 Jun, 2021, 12.10 PM IST
Chinese banks promise to step up cryptocurrency banChina's biggest banks have promised to refuse to help customers trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies after the central bank said execut...
21 Jun, 2021, 08.06 PM IST
China's central bank urges tougher crackdown on cryptocurrenciesThe People's Bank of China's meeting with institutions including Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) and Alipay came after China's State Co...
21 Jun, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
More Bark, Less Bite: China crypto players shrug off latest crackdownChina's latest salvo against cryptocurrencies has driven a brutal selloff in bitcoin markets but retail traders, miners and even crypto fin...
21 May, 2021, 06.22 PM IST
China crypto players shrug off Beijing's latest crackdownCryptocurrencies could still be bought from China on Thursday and investment schemes promising juicy returns for mining them remained opera...
20 May, 2021, 10.44 PM IST
What Beijing's new crackdown means for cryptocurrency in ChinaMany of the new rules expand on previous restrictions aimed at cryptocurrencies and close loopholes that had allowed some finance and payme...
19 May, 2021, 06.48 PM IST
China extends its crypto ban to include banks, payments companiesUnder the latest China crypto ban, financial institutions — including banks and online payments channels — must not offer clients any servi...
19 May, 2021, 06.16 PM IST
What Beijing's new crackdown means for cryptocurrency in ChinaMany of the new rules expand on previous restrictions aimed at cryptocurrencies and close loopholes that had allowed some finance and payme...
19 May, 2021, 03.43 PM IST
View: India does not need a ban but a robust policy on cryptoDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, when a majority of Indians were facing pay cuts and job losses, the average daily crypto assets trading volum...
15 Feb, 2021, 11.49 AM IST