Speakers during the opening panel of Consensus 2017 agreed that blockchain is set to go global – but differed on how the technology will get there.
The latest blockchain trade finance trial in India showcases how the use case is now gaining global interest among enterprises.
Indian bitcoin exchange Zebpay has had its bank account unfrozen following a state investigation into a bank hack, the startup said today.
Who said bitcoin's volatility is bad? A new remittance service is showing how price differentials could power cheap money transfers.
A group of local bitcoin and blockchain businesses has a message for India’s government: hear us out.
India's government is taking steps to develop a digital currency strategy in the wake of earlier controversies this year.
Blockchain development startup Blockstream has added a new executive, poaching a C-level hire from one of China's 'Big Three' bitcoin exchanges.
Reports are emerging that an agent for an Indian law enforcement agency has been arrested for stealing bitcoins tied to a drug bust. According to the Times of India, an officer for the Indian Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is alleged to helped steal more than 400 bitcoins originally confiscated during a 2015 seizure. Specifically, investigator Satyendra Kumar Singh […]
Media sources in India reported that the government had been deemed illegal, causing a stir that ultimately proved to be overblown.
The Indian state of Kerala will soon have its own blockchain academy – the second such institution in the country.
A deputy governor for the Reserve Bank of India critiqued digital currencies such as bitcoin in a speech today.
India’s largest bank is spearheading 'Bankchain' – a newly unveiled consortium focused on blockchain applications.
India’s biggest stock exchange and a group of domestic banks recently collaborated on a know-your-customer data trial involving blockchain. The test involved the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), ICICI Bank, IDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank and RBL Bank, as well as HDFC Securities, a Mumbai-based brokerage. Blockchain startup Elemential provided the technology for the […]
Following an increase in domestic bitcoin interest, a research center backed by India's central bank is now researching blockchain.
India-based Axis Bank will soon leverage cross-border solutions offered by with distributed ledger startup Ripple.