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Indian government readying info bank for startups:


According to persons familiar with the situation, India is preparing a blockchain-based validation framework for startups that will reduce compliance burdens and speed up processes.The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has begun work on a system that will allow multiple agencies, including the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), banks, and public sector undertakings (PSUs), to access, authenticate, and approve documents and data available to all chain stakeholders.ndividually validated documents will be available on blockchain, reducing the need for entrepreneurs to submit separate submissions to regulators, intermediaries, and authorities.In a multi-participant system, the blockchain-based certificate verification platform will provide immediate access and verification. Certificate number, entity name, incorporation number, and blockchain ID are all unique identifiers for each startup. A stakeholder could gain access to this system's details or applications by using one or a combination of these.It would be possible to see if a startup's certificate has expired, is current, has been revoked, or does not exist, as well as any changes made to it.The agency had identified 52,391 businesses as startups as of July 14. The government recently informed Parliament that India currently has 53 unicorns with a projected valuation of Rs 1.4 lakh crore.

Blockchain firm Biconomy raises $9 million ahead of native token’s launch:


Biconomy, an Indian-founded blockchain transaction platform, has secured $9 million (about Rs 67 crore) from a group of investors led by Mechanism Capital and Digital Asset Capital Management.Coinbase, Bain Capital, Ledgerprime, and others took part in the round, which comes ahead of the launch of Bico, the company's next governance token.Biconomy plans to utilise the capital to expand its workforce, develop new products, and launch new ones.Aniket Jindal, Sachin Tomar, and Ahmed Al-Balagh founded the company in 2019 to provide software that allows developers to build applications on it. It has now raised $10.5 million in total, including this round.As part of its multi-chain infrastructure decentralisation, the company is preparing to issue its native token Bico. The native token, expected later this year, will protect the network, enable community governance, and incentivize all parties. It works with more than 30 applications on five distinct blockchains at the moment.Following the success of Indian-founded blockchain businesses like as Polygon, Jindal told ET that there has been a significant shift in perspective of Indian projects in the last six to eight months. “There has been a 180-degree shift in global investors' perceptions of the neighbourhood. It was quite tough to raise funds when we first started in '19,” Jindal stated.Due to the lack of a clear legislative framework, international funds are scooping up early winners, according to ET. Traditional Indian venture capitalists are still coming up to the concept of investing in the crypto and blockchain segment.

Top cryptocurrency prices today: Ethereum, Binance Coin, XRP gain up to 5%:


Anhui, in eastern China, has become the latest province to declare a blanket ban on cryptocurrency mining, claiming that the measure will help alleviate a severe power deficit in the coming years.Regulators are concerned that the proliferation of'stablecoins,' which are largely dollar-pegged crypto tokens, could cause more instability in wider financial markets than already hyper-volatile cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin."With the exception of stablecoins, the native token of Chiliz, a blockchain services network for sports and entertainment companies, took second place in 2021 Q2. In terms of market capitalization, it increased by 403% in the quarter "Zebpay Trade Desk stated."After partnering with over 20 sporting groups, including FC Barcelona, Juventus, and Atletico de Madrid, the network has experienced extraordinary development. Then came Polygon, formerly known as MATIC, an Indian-origin token that grew by 150 percent in the same time frame "It went on to say, "eframe."Back in India, Zebpay, a local crypto exchange, will launch a SIP programme that would allow investors to spend as little as Rs 100. ZebPay has announced ZEBB, a new software that will provide customers with simple SIP choices in Bitcoin and Ether.

Blockchain identity market to grow £2.57bn by 2025:


From 2021 to 2025, Infiniti Research predicts a 71 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the worldwide blockchain identity management industry. The latest analysis, titled ‘Global Blockchain Identity Management Market 2021-2025,' forecasts a global market worth $3.58 billion (£2.57 billion) during the next four years.As cloud services and digitalisation increase at a rapid pace, the report predicts that the market for blockchain identity management will continue to grow. The report was able to segment the worldwide market into sectors like as healthcare and transportation by using data from a variety of existing blockchain identity management companies, including Accenture, Amazon, Bitfury Group, and Civic Technologies.Infiniti and its findings are supported by a clear trend in recent years in the growing demand for more efficient and privacy-protecting identification solutions across many industries. As the world becomes more digital, safe identity verification for basic public and private services will become more important.Furthermore, with the global population of social media users currently exceeding 3.8 billion, proponents of blockchain technology say that the ledger-based technology is the most appropriate and equitable solution for protecting users from data theft and privacy violations.

Amazon looking to hire digital currency and blockchain expert:


A recent Amazon job advertisement for a "digital currency and blockchain product lead" adds fuel to the fire that the e-commerce behemoth is preparing to modernise its payment system. The post will be part of Amazon's payments acceptance and experience team, and will be based in Seattle.The job description, which asks for “an experienced product leader to establish Amazon's digital currency and blockchain strategy and product roadmap,” shows the corporation is thinking long-term about its future involvement in these industries.According to the job description, “you will use your domain expertise in blockchain, distributed ledger, central bank digital currencies, and cryptocurrency to develop the case for the capabilities that should be developed, drive overall vision and product strategy, and gain leadership buy-in and investment for new capabilities.”A series of Amazon job advertisements from February showed that a digital currency project was being prepared for launch in Mexico, and that it would "allow customers to change their cash into digital currency" to "purchase for things or enjoy services like Prime Video."After a period of relative silence, this new posting's less-than-ambiguous requirements strongly suggest that Amazon's preparations for a digital currency are well along.

Blockchain start-ups see record Q2 despite crypto plunge:


Despite the substantial decrease in the cryptocurrency market since mid-April, blockchain start-ups throughout the world raised a record £3.2 billion in funding in Q2 2021. This information, gathered by analytics firm CB Insights for its ‘State of Fintech‘ report, marks a 50% increase over the previous quarter and a ninefold increase over the same period last year.The global fintech business also hit new heights this quarter, with venture capital companies investing £22.4 billion in the sector.“Global VC-backed fintech startups raised a record $30.8 billion (£22.4 billion) in 657 deals, surpassing the previous quarter's fundraising record by 30%. The report states, "This outstanding funding growth was matched by a moderate 2% deal growth quarter-over-quarter and a 29 percent increase year-over-year."Circle, a US-based stablecoin startup, received the most funding during this time period, raising a then-record-breaking £320 million in May. FTX, a crypto derivatives exchange, has since eclipsed Circle as the highest fundraising round for a crypto company, raising £654 million in July.Ledger, a hardware wallet maker, came in second in terms of fundraising, with £276 million raised in June. Another major fundraising round was £218 million in April for Paxos, a custody service. one's £218 million investment in its new exchange in May; and Bitso, a Mexico City-based exchange, which raised £181 million in May.

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