Euro zone bond yields steady, investors watch VenezuelaEuro zone government bond yields held steady on Monday, after the U.S. strike on Venezuela and capture of President Nicolas Maduro at the ...
05 Jan, 2026, 02.07 PM IST
Venezuelan Bolivar in freefall: Maduro locks Up economists, blocks Dollar sites to hide the damageVenezuela faces economic turmoil as its currency crashes. President Nicolas Maduro's government is arresting economists and shutting down w...
23 Jun, 2025, 09.11 PM IST
Russia leans on cryptocurrencies for oil trade, sources sayRussia is utilizing cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, and stablecoins in its oil trade with China and India to bypass Western sanctions...
14 Mar, 2025, 11.44 AM IST
Russia using cryptocurrency for oil trade with India, China to beat sanctions: SourcesRussia is utilizing cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, and stablecoins in its oil trade with China and India to bypass Western sanctions...
14 Mar, 2025, 10.48 AM IST
US rejects Venezuelan President Maduro's reelection, but keeps financial lifeline for his governmentIn 2022, Venezuela saw a glimmer of hope with a U.S. permit allowing Chevron to export Venezuelan oil, boosting the economy despite dispute...
19 Jan, 2025, 12.09 PM IST
Stablecoin Tether steps up monitoring in bid to combat illicit financeTether, a cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. dollar, and blockchain analytics company Chainalysis have launched new tools to identify transa...
04 May, 2024, 12.03 PM IST
Venezuela kills off petro cryptocurrencyThe cryptocurrency was launched with great pomp and ceremony in February 2018, backed by Venezuela's vast petrol reserves, and priced at US...
16 Jan, 2024, 02.19 PM IST
Venezuela kills off petro cryptocurrencyAll crypto wallets held on the Patria Platform -- the only website where the petro was tradeable -- will be shut down on Monday, January 15...
13 Jan, 2024, 12.40 PM IST
President Biden to issue executive order on cryptocurrencyPeople familiar with the process said the executive order on cryptocurrency was expected to be issued this week and it had been in the work...
08 Mar, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
Biden executive order on cryptocurrency expected this weekWhile U.S. officials have played down the significance of cryptocurrency to Russia's ability to evade sanctions, it remains a concern.
08 Mar, 2022, 10.03 AM IST
Many Indian expats turn to crypto to remit moneyIndustry trackers say that the way Indians are warming up to crypto assets as well as decentralised finance, remittances through crypto ass...
01 Nov, 2021, 02.09 PM IST
Many Indian expats turn to crypto to remit moneyIndustry trackers say that the way Indians are warming up to crypto assets as well as decentralised finance, remittances through crypto ass...
25 Oct, 2021, 07.07 AM IST
Cheap electricity a boon for bitcoin mining in cash-strapped VenezuelaAt the enterprise called Doctorminer, in eastern Caracas, nearly 80 computers -- worth about $400 apiece and each the size of a shoebox -- ...
01 Sep, 2021, 08.34 PM IST
As Venezuela's economy regresses, cryptocurrency fills the gapsAs hyperinflation and U.S. sanctions disrupt Venezuela's economy, cryptocurrency is emerging as a way to provide services handled elsewhere...
22 Jun, 2021, 05.15 PM IST
Bitcoin snaps five-day winning streak as volatility acceleratesThe top digital coin fell as much as 12 per cent Wednesday.
22 Feb, 2018, 09.50 AM IST
Bitcoin can't save world's autocrats from the sanctions squeezeAny autocrat eyeing bitcoin as a sanctions safe haven must confront a simple matter of scale.
16 Jan, 2018, 01.31 PM IST
Bitcoin trading thrives wherever regulators crack down mostPeer-to-peer bitcoin trading in major developing nations outpaced the US, the world’s biggest market
14 Dec, 2017, 02.06 PM IST