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Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb posted a poll on Twitter asking his roughly 400,000 followers what they wanted from the rental platform in 2022. Out of 4,000 suggestions, the poll revealed that most respondents want to pay with Bitcoin (BTC) or other popular cryptos when renting their house or apartment through Airbnb. Airbnb currently accepts […]

Decentralised lending platform Aave announced the launch of its liquidity pool service called Aave Arc. This will pave the way for the first 30 approved financial firms to participate in decentralised finance (Defi) as liquidity borrowers, suppliers and liquidators in a more compliant manner.  In the announcement posted on the Aave’s site on January 5,

One of the latest cryptocurrency news in the past week is the launch of the first LGBT+ cryptocurrency called Maricoin last Friday, December 31st, 2021 in the capital of Spain, Madrid. This pilot–test is set to last one week in the city particularly in the neighbourhood of Chueca that is considered the home of the

India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), warns about the various risks private cryptocurrencies pose to the country’s monetary stability on its biannual Financial Stability Report (FSR) released on December 29, 2021. The document includes a section discussing the dangers of all cryptocurrencies not offered by the RBI, including Etheruem, Litecoin and Bitcoin.

As a part of the People’s Bank of China plans to release its own digital currency, its digital currency research institute has developed and launched a test version of the digital yuan wallet app on January 4. The said mobile application called the e-CNY (Pilot Version) can now be downloaded via the iOS and Android

Over half a dozen different cryptocurrency exchanges in India have been searched by tax authorities, according to reports made by CoinDesk last December 31, 2021. With an alleged tax evasion amount of 700 million rupees, popular platforms in the country such as CoinDCX, Unocoin and CoinSwitch Kuber among many others are being investigated. However, the

Contradicting reports have appeared in Russia regarding the regulatory affairs of the cryptocurrency on December 16, 2021. First, according to a report released by Reuters, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is planning to ban crypto investments, citing its risk on the monetary stability of the country. Currently, the national bank is already preparing to

The Cryptocurrency Bill which has been the centre of attention in the crypto community of India for the last few months is going to be withheld in the winter session of the parliament according to a report by CNBC TV on December 20. According to the government sources gathered by CNBC TV, the reason for

In a recent report by Cointelegraph on December 22, the crypto news channel shared that the Bank of Russia is still allowing its citizens to invest in cryptocurrency albeit not via the local infrastructure.  The announcement is only a few days after Governor Elvira Nabiullina indicated in an online press conference held on the Bank

On December 13, large cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance.sg announced that it will ‘wind down’ its digital payment token (DPT) services in Singapore effective immediately through its official local website. In the same post, they mentioned how Binance Asia Services Pte Ltd. (BAS) plans to withdraw its application for a license with the Monetary Authority of