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India's role in production of Covid-19 vaccine critical: Bill Gates

Bill Gates has said India's willingness to play a "big role" in manufacturing Covid-19 vaccine and allow it to supply to other developing countries will be a critical part in containing the pandemic

Govt plans law to ban cryptocurrency trading; Cabinet to discuss move

The federal government will encourage blockchain, the technology underlying cryptocurrencies, but is not keen on cryptocurrency trading

Zensar launches blockchain based contract management solutions for enterprises

Singapore Exchange aims to become Asia's benchmark for bitcoin pricing

SGX's iEdge Bitcoin Index and iEdge Ethereum Index will use inputs from exchanges determined by CryptoCompare

Twitter confirms account of PM Narendra Modi's personal website hacked

Twitter said it was aware of the activity and has taken steps to secure the compromised account

In coronavirus crisis, freewheeling loans on crypto platforms gain currency

Loans on such platforms have risen more than seven-fold since March to $3.7 billion, according to industry site DeFi Pulse

US seized digital currency accounts used by militant groups: Officials

The Justice Department has seized millions of dollars from cryptocurrency accounts used by militant organisations based abroad

RBI remains net purchaser of US dollars in June, buys $9.814 billion

In May, the RBI had bought $4.663 billion and sold $300 million in the spot market. It had net purchased $4.363 billion in May

Mathew McDermott in charge of Goldman Sachs' cryptocurrency dream

He comes in place of Justin Schmidt, a former cryptocurrency trader who was recurited by Goldman Sachs in 2019 when the nascent industry was booming with record prices

From Minecraft trick to Twitter hack: A Florida teen's troubled online path

The teenage 'mastermind' of the recent Twitter breach, who had a difficult family life, poured his energy into video games and cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency needs insurance, education and crime traceability to survive, says Adv PM Mishra

India vulnerable to malware, drive-by download attacks: Microsoft report

India recorded a cryptocurrency mining encounter rate that was 4.6 times higher than the regional and global average

Malware, ransomware top cyberthreats in India: Microsoft report

The research showed that India, together with Hong Kong and Singapore, continued to face high drive-by download attack volume

The big hack

Some people fell for the scam and transferred bitcoins equivalent to about $120,000 to the referred wallets

Former DEA Secy Garg proposes allowing cryptos as commodity with rules

Reiterates the view that they should not be regarded as currency

Twitter hack hits Obama, Biden, Musk in Bitcoin scam; stock sinks

Others whose Twitter accounts were caught up in the security incident included Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Uber Technologies Inc, Apple, and Michael Bloomberg

Rajasthan crisis LIVE: Ashok Gehlot to address media at 9 am in Jaipur

Petition filed in Rajasthan HC on behalf of Sachin Pilot camp over disqualification notice from Assembly speaker. Stay tuned with Business Standard for all latest news updates.

'Tough day' for Jack Dorsey, massive Twitter hack: Things you should know

So far, the crypto address mentioned in the tweets received more than $110,000 Bitcoins

Twitter's security in doubt after hacking spree targets famous users

Twitter's statements confirm fears that the service itself had been compromised, say security experts

'Tough day' for Twitter after hack targets tycoons, stars, politicians

Accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos hijacked to solicit digital currency