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Moneylife Digital Team 05 September 2022
Financial markets are being rocked by the shutdown of Russias Nord Stream 1 pipeline, as the energy squeeze on European economies intensifies as winter approaches.   The euro fell to a two-decade low during early trading on Monday morning, after Russian energy major Gazprom extended...

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IANS 29 August 2022
More than half of all Bitcoin daily trading volumes are reportedly fake, as the world's largest crypto-currency nosedives again amid global economic turmoil.   According to a Forbes analysis of 157 crypto exchanges and trading platforms, more than half (51%) of all reported trading...

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IANS 22 August 2022
The additional tier-1 (AT-1) bond issuances are likely to fall sequentially to around Rs200 billion in FY22-23, from an all-time high of nearly Rs428 billion in FY21-22.   The issuances were higher in FY21-22 as most were driven by refinancing obligations of issue in...

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IANS 11 August 2022
More than half a billion dollars have been laundered in crypto assets originating from theft, fraud, ransomware and various other types of criminal activity since 2020, a new report has revealed.   The report by Blockchain analysis group Elliptic said one cross-chain bridge in...

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Tesla has sold 75 per cent of its Bitcoins, adding $936 million in cash to its balance sheet in the second quarter (Q2) this year, as it deals with economic meltdown amid cryptocurrencies falling off the cliff.   Last year, Tesla made a $1.5 billion investment in Bitcoin and announced...

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Artha Shastry 16 July 2022
On 7th July, a front-page story in The Economic Times pointed out that almost US$268bn (billion) worth of external debt is due for repayment in the next nine months and contextualised this number as about 44% of India's foreign exchange reserves. The article opined that the rupee was clearly...

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The global cryptocurrency market lost at least $670 million in the April-June quarter (Q2), and 97 per cent of the losses were due to hacks and scams, a report said on Thursday.   The crypto losses in the second quarter were up 52 per cent from $440 million in the same period last...

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday announced a series of measures to boost foreign exchange (forex) inflows.   The central bank said that it has taken the steps in order to further diversify and expand the sources of forex funding to mitigate volatility and dampen global...

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A few firms, including CoinSwitch and CoinDCX dealing in crypto-currency have been asked by the enforcement directorate (ED) to submit some documents in connection with an ongoing case of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).   The ED is trying to ascertain whether these firms...

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action against a South African company and its CEO (chief executive officer) for running a fraudulent commodity pool worth over US$1.7bn (billion) in Bitcoin—the largest  fraudulent scheme involving Bitcoin...

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The crypto winter hammered cryptocurrencies on Monday as the price of a single Bitcoin fell sharply to around $25,600, an 18-month low.   The world's largest cryptocurrency further tanked 7 per cent over fears of risk-off sentiment due to a sharp rise in inflation globally, especially...

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The shocking implosion of the TerraUSD and Luna crypto-currencies (crypto) threw many young investors into a panic, some of them saying their entire assets were blown up or even leaving suicidal messages.   In a crash starting a week earlier, the once bullish TerraUSD and sister coin...

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The global crypto mayhem last week wiped out Bitcoin worth $3.5 billion -- created to defend and support the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin which saw a total crash -- and no one has any idea how such a large sum of funds disappeared.   Nearly 80,394 Bitcoin worth $3.5 billion were...

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Leading crypto exchange Coinbase suffered a major outage amid crypto mayhem especially with the cryptocurrency Terra Luna, heightening fears among the investors.   The company said it was actively working on the issue.   "We are aware that some customers are having issues...

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The dramatic crash of Terra (Luna), ranked among the top-10 most valuable cryptocurrencies, has wreaked havoc in the lives of investors who fear they will become homeless after the crypto mayhem.   Within the past 24 hours, its market-cap dropped from above US$40bn (billion) to just...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 May 2022
NASDAQ-listed Coinbase’s chief executive officer (CEO) Brian Armstrong has revealed that its services in India had to be halted because “after launching, we ended up disabling unified payments interface (UPI) because of some informal pressure from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which is...

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The global cryptocurrency market entered its worst phase ever on Tuesday, with Bitcoin dropping below $30,000 per coin and leaving millions of investors in a panic mode.   The overall global cryptocurrency market dropped 13 per cent, and was hovering around $1.37 trillion market cap,...

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The Indian rupee extended its losses and touched an all-time low of 77.42 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday.   The Indian currency is weighed by the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and continued foreign fund outflows. Further, rupee slipped on...

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The monthly average retail price of wheat flour (atta) has risen nearly in the past one year period to Rs 32.3 per kg. The current prices are the highest since January 2010.   At the same time last year, its average price was at Rs 29.1, as per the data maintained by the Price...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 March 2022
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is disrupting supplies of agricultural commodities and, while it creates an opportunity for exports, it is also set to have an adverse impact on India's import bill due to higher prices, says a research report.   In the note, CRISIL Ratings...

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