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Airtel acquires strategic stake in blockchain technology startup Aqilliz

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that it has acquired a strategic stake in Aqilliz, a 'Blockchain as a Service Company'.

Bharti Airtel acquires strategic stake in Blockchain-tech startup Aqilliz

Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that it has acquired a strategic stake in Singapore-based Blockchain platform Aqilliz for an undisclosed sum.

Metaverse platform Bullieverse raises $4 mn from VCs, blockchain players

The funding supports Bullieverse's mission to set up an open metaverse platform owned exclusively by Web3 enthusiasts, creators, and community of gamers

Polygon's $450-mn funding: Is it Flipkart moment for blockchain in India?

The Indian blockchain start-up's massive funding round has many implications for Web3 companies and VCs in the crypto arena

'Ice phishing' attacks can risk secure Blockchain and Web3, warns Microsoft

As the adoption of Blockchain and Web3 technologies rise, Microsoft warns of new cyber threats including 'ice phishing' campaigns that can put the secure decentralised, De-Fi world of finance at risk.

Race for blockchain engineering talent hots up as crypto ban cloud clears

Startups and IT majors alike are angling to recruit the best and brightest in the technology

Ethereum platform Polygon raises $450 mn in funding led by Sequoia Capital

Other who participated in the round were SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Galaxy Digital, Galaxy Interactive, Tiger Global, Republic Capital and others

What are virtual digital assets?

Budget euphoria may well be waning away on Dalal Street, but some of its announcements are still fresh in people's imaginations. Virtual digital assets are one of them. Find out more about it

Indian blockchain start-up Polygon bags $450 mn from Sequoia, Tiger Global

Polygon is an Ethereum scaling platform that enables developers to build scalable DApps (decentralised apps) with low transaction fees without sacrificing on security

Unreal demand? Irregular sales worth billions fire up wild NFT market

The top 27 most expensive recorded sales across the whole NFT industry in January, totalling $1.3 billion, came from just two wallets transacting on LooksRare

Sale of animal-linked NFTs raises conservation funds for S African reserve

NFTs are a form of crypto asset which exploded in popularity last year

After cryptocurrencies, money laundering via NFTs next big worry

After serious concerns were raised on cryptocurrencies and their misuse for money laundering and hawala-based transactions by terror groups and criminals

Hackers steal $323 mn in crypto from cross-chain protocol Wormhole

Wormhole is a platform that allows users to transfer cryptocurrency across different blockchains.

Govt to take balanced view on cryptocurrency, says PEA Sanjeev Sanyal

The government will take a balanced view on the issue of regulation of cryptocurrencies as they have implications on the country's financial stability, Principal Economic Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal said.

Lennon outfit, McCartney notes part of memorabilia to be sold as NFTs

The items are being sold in partnership with Julian's auction house and Yellow Heart NFT

Walmart reveals plans to enter blockchain-based Metaverse, sell NFTs

Amid the buzz around Metaverse, retail giant Walmart has revealed plans to enter the field of highly immersive virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) and Blockchain-based world

Victims of $200 mn BitMart cryptocurrency hack still waiting for refunds

Victims of a $200 million hack of popular cryptocurrency exchange BitMart are still waiting for their money even after over a month since the exchange was hacked.

Blockchain SaaS startup Cion Digital raises $12 mn from Green Visor, others

The US-based firm is planning an R&D Centre in Pune. It is undertaking a pan-India recruitment drive with offer of permanent WFH

The top technology buzzwords of 2021

Will Metaverse, Web 3.0, Blockchain and NFT change everything as promised by expanding our virtual universe? Or they are only hype? Find out about these technologies which became buzzwords of 2021

What is Web 3.0 and why it is being called next generation internet?

2021 had some new terms that entered the common lexicon, like cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), metaverse and Web 3.0. Let's understand Web 3.0 and how it may change the future of internet