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Bitcoin ETFS, Azuki NFTs Take Off; India Presses for Crypto Rules
Bitcoin ETFS, Azuki NFTs Take Off; India Presses for Crypto Rules
Host Angie Lau breaks down the recent wave of spot bitcoin ETF applications from TradFi giants and the drop in the floor prices of Chiru Labs' popular Azuki NFT collection. Pl...
Bitcoin ETFS, Azuki NFTs Take Off; India Presses for Crypto Rules

South Asia map (Joshua Olsen/Unsplash)
Crypto Friendly Xapo Bank Expands to India, Rest of South Asia
Xapo's CEO said the move "is in line with the positive shifts we are witnessing in Asia’s evolving crypto landscape"
South Asia map (Joshua Olsen/Unsplash)

Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Shutterstock)
Crypto Exchange Gemini to Expand Asia-Pacific Operations to Capture 'Next Wave' of Growth
The company plans to open an engineering center in India and increase headcount in Singapore to over 100.
Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Shutterstock)

The world's leading economies are tackling stablecoin regulation. (Vector/Getty Images)
Stablecoin Regulation Is a Sticking Point Between the G7 and G20
Emerging economies in the G20 are concerned widespread stablecoin use may threaten their monetary policy, and are seeking stricter measures, two high-level officials privy to...
The world's leading economies are tackling stablecoin regulation. (Vector/Getty Images)

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JPMorgan, 6 Indian Banks to Settle Dollar Trades on Onyx Blockchain System: Bloomberg
The aim of the project is to settle dollar trades in real time around the clock as opposed to over a matter of days and only during the working week
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(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)
India's RBI Intends to Push G-20 to Focus on Crypto's Macro Risks
The move is seen as a step to attract attention towards how crypto can hurt or change the global economy rather than just nations and customers individually, government source...
(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)

Indian politicians and policy makers at a crypto event by CoinDCX and Bharat Web3
Indian Crypto Exchanges Are in Survival Mode, Trying to Extend Their Runways
CoinDCX, CoinSwitch, WazirX and other Indian firms CoinDesk spoke to think they'll survive the ongoing bear market – here’s how.
Indian politicians and policy makers at a crypto event by CoinDCX and Bharat Web3

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WazirX's Battle With Binance Reignited After WRX Token Moved to "Innovation Zone"
They are 17 other tokens besides WRX that Binance has shifted to its innovation zone.
Bulls fighting. (Bykofoto/Shutterstock)

(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)
Indian Authorities Asked to Restore Crypto Exchanges' Access to UPI
An Indian crypto exchange and a policy firm have separately asked the government to let crypto firms access the national Unified Payments Interface (UPI) after it was ostensib...
(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)

India Stepping Up CBDC Testing, Targeting One Million Digital Rupee Users By July
India Stepping Up CBDC Testing, Targeting One Million Digital Rupee Users By July
India's retail central bank digital currency (CBDC-R) architects are aiming to scale the user base of the digital rupee to one million users and have prioritized solving the c...
India Stepping Up CBDC Testing, Targeting One Million Digital Rupee Users By July