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Shivdeep Dhaliwal
Shivdeep Dhaliwal grew up in North India and is a Post Graduate from Punjab University. He has written on money, investing and risk management for more than a decade. Shivdeep likes to travel in his free time and has a particular fondness for the Asia-Pacific region. His current interests are cryptocurrencies, fintech and micro-finance.
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National Currency, Scam And Police Violence: What’s Going On With Crypto In India India’s National government continues to make belligerent statement, not forgetting about taxation
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India’s Tax Man Knocks on Door of Cryptocurrency Exchanges; Seeks Identifying Information The Indian Income Tax Department has been conducting “raids” on cryptocurrency exchanges to find “identity of investors and traders.”
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YouTube Adpocalypse Gets Blockchain Solution A wave of demonetization has hit YouTube content creators but there is help in sight.
A Tale of Two Bitcoins: Where Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash are Headed The latest upheaval in the crypto market has Bitcoin losing $2,000 in value, while Bitcoin Cash gains the same amount.
Japanese Use Blockchain to Track Game Meat Japan’s Tech Bureau announces first Blockchain use case for a division of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - to track game meat from forest to plate.
First Ever Bitcoin Documentary in China Released at Shape the Future Summit Chinese voices lend a new way of looking at Bitcoin, its history and its future. A film that every crypto enthusiast must watch.
ICOs are Here to Stay, Say Valiant Participants in Swiss ICO Summit ICOs have turned on their head the way startups access funding, recently concluded Smart Valor ICO summit finds out ways to build on crowdfunding.
Bitcoin Emerges Winner as Indian Demonetisation Declared a Total Failure by RBI The Reserve Bank of India’s annual report makes it clear that demonetisation was a complete and unmitigated disaster.
Bitcoin Forks Into Two, New Era Dawns For Bitcoin Bitcoin has forked today and Bitcoin Cash has appeared as an offshoot. Cointelegraph takes stock of the evolving situation.
Banks Need ‘Hybrid Approach to Blockchain Technology’: Ripple’s Marcus Treacher Ripple, which touts itself as the “Global Settlement Network” and has been involved with various banks to move money around the world, has its own ideas about how Blockchain can and can’t help the banking sector.
Dogecoin Exchange Founder Ryan Kennedy In Hot Soup Over Theft of Bitcoins, Money Laundering Dogecoin exchange founder and convicted rapist Ryan Kennedy lands in fresh hot soup over the theft of Bitcoins in excess of £1 mln, that were then spent on a luxury lifestyle. He was also charged with money laundering and fraud.
Cryptocurrency Markets Enter Into Maturity Phase, Acceptance Around Corner Are we finally seeing cryptocurrency markets mature, diversify and become a viable alternative for both investors and traders?
How Delaware Keeps Edge in Finance by Supporting Blockchain Starting August 1, 2017, Delaware is to become the first state that will allow companies to start issuing and tracking shares on a distributed ledger or a blockchain.
Bitcoin is Not Responsible for Online Drug Dealing We must address the elephant in the room and tackle the real issue why drugs are being sold online.
Not a Bubble: Investors Start to Recognize Bitcoin’s Power Is Bitcoin a Bubble? Should investors repose their faith in something that could go bust or are they sticking by their favorite cryptocurrency?
In Era of Compromised Online Messaging, Blockchain-Based Services Hold Key Even as mainstream messaging systems stand compromised, new blockchain based messaging applications are getting ready for a share in the privacy pie.
Keep it Simple: HitBTC Helps Digix DAO Users Receive ETC Bounty With Ease The Hong Kong-based exchange HitBTC is working with DigixDAO to refund DGD tokens with Ethereum Classic near End of May 2017.
As Bitcoin, Altcoins Fall, Coinbase Bows Out Due to Technical Problems Coinbase, the San-Francisco based digital asset exchange suffered an outage on May 25, 2017, and was still unavailable at the time of writing of this article.
Ban or Else: Indian Government Asks Citizens What to Do With Bitcoin Indian citizens have until May 31, 2017, to tell their government what stance it should take on Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Palestine Considers Launching Its Own Bitcoin, But Why Reinventing Wheel? In a bid to free its economy, Palestine is considering a digital national currency. But with Bitcoin around, is it worth reinventing the wheel?
Blockchain Platform Based in Singapore Reinvents Gift-Giving in India A new Blockchain-based applications will change the way you give gifts to your friends and family.
Ethereum Blockchain Will Help UN Go Cashless, Distribute Food to Hungry in Jordan The UN will be helping refugees in Jordan get access to food rations using the Ethereum Blockchain and biometric technology involving scanning the human iris.
Linux’s Hyperledger Invites Community to Construction of Blockchain-Making Tool Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Composer has been accepted into incubation. Are better business blockchains around the corner?
Eat, Say Cheese, Fly Away: Six Ways to Spend Your Bitcoin Around The World There are many ways you can use Bitcoin today in many countries, getting everything from dentistry services to buying a camera to show off your new smile.
Nikkei Was Wrong to Claim Takemiya Was Founder of NEM, Leading Japanese Blockchain Why would Nikkei and Kinouchi make an incorrect claim that Makato Takemiya founded NEM or was a lead at Mijin?
Why US and Europe’s Regulators Plug Bitcoin, Blockchain Access to Legit Financial System The lack of regulation or maturity are cited as reasons by regulators for not approving Bitcoin-based financial products. But the same financial institutions refuse to regulate them.
Bitcoin Has Power to Break People Out of Poverty, Current System Broken Bitcoin and other cryptos have the power to break people out of poverty and free them from the systemic lack of financial inclusion.
What Brexit Means for London’s First FinTech Unicorn TransferWise Fast growing unicorn will stay put in its London HQ post Brexit, but will set up office on continent if UK loses passporting rights.
Fork Over Your Fingers or Cease to Exist: India’s Biometric Blackmail The Indian government is forcing people to hand over their biometric details at the pain of denying essential services in what at first was a voluntary project.