Titanium Blockchain CEO Admits to Have Carried Out Fraudulent ICO in 2018

Stollery has pleaded guilty in raising $21 million (roughly Rs. 167 crore) via a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) four years ago. Michael Stollery, the CEO of Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services, has confessed about his participation in a scam worth millions of dollars. Stollery has pleaded guilty in raising $21 million (roughly Rs. 167 crore) via a fraudulent initial coin...

BTC, ETH Retain Pumped Prices Despite Minor Dips as Crypto Chart Reflects More Reds than Greens

Bitcoin dipped by over three percent to trade at $22,624 (roughly Rs. 18 lakh) as per Indian exchange CoinSwitch Kuber. These last days of July are turning out to be quite the roller-coaster ride for cryptocurrencies, price-wise. After seeing profits almost consecutively in the recent days, the crypto chart showed losses for most crypto assets on Tuesday, July 26. Bitcoin...

Coinbase’s Token Listings Being Probed by US SEC for Securities Violations: Report

The SEC alleged last week that seven cryptocurrencies listed on Coinbase were securities. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided to investigate Coinbase Global to decide whether the platform allowed its clients to trade digital assets that should have been registered as securities. A spokesperson for the platform recently said that Coinbase does not list securities on its...

Aptos Labs Raises $150 Million in Series A Funding, Plans to Expand Staff

Mo Shaikh and Avery Ching, the two co-founders of Aptos Labs formerly worked at Meta. Aptos Labs, a blockchain start-up founded by former Meta employees, has raised $150 million (roughly Rs. 1,196 crore) in a Series A funding round. This investment round, led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto, also saw participation from other venture capital firms such as Apollo,...

Scientists Find Out Why Jupiter Doesn’t Have Glorious Rings Like Saturn

Jupiter is more than twice as massive as every other planet in our solar system combined. It is surrounded by 79 separate moon companions. Scientists have uncovered why Jupiter does not have rings like its neighbouring planet Saturn. Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, ran a computer simulation of both Jupiter’s orbits and the four main moons that surrounded...

Samsung Galaxy A04s Production Reportedly Begins at Noida Plant, India Launch Date Tipped: All Details

Samsung Galaxy A04s is said to hit the Indian market by late September or early October. Samsung Galaxy A04s has reportedly begun production in Samsung’s Noida-based plant. The South Korean-company is said to be still perfecting the manufacturing units and we could expect the smartphone in stores within the next two months. The handset is said to hit the Indian...

Bitcoin Falls Below $22,000 While Ether Continues to Surge in Value Over the Weekend

The global crypto market cap saw a dip of 2.42 percent in the last 24 hours. After a strong show last week, the broader cryptocurrency market has come under selling pressure once again. Over the weekend, BTC has shown signs of selling pressure. The value of Bitcoin witnessed a 2.56 percent dip in the last 24 hours with its price...

Netflix Gets an External Subscription Button on iOS, Bypassing Apple’s App Store Cut

The external transaction will not be the responsibility of Apple. Netflix is rolling out an update for its iOS app that adds an external subscription button, which redirects users to the Netflix website for completing their subscription process. Apple has been in the news for its practice of charging up to 30 percent commission on in-app transactions through the App...

Telescope Using Sun’s Gravitational Lens Could Help Detect Signs of Life on Exoplanets, Researchers Say

The telescope is one of only three such projects to have received Phase 3 funding from the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC). The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) has funded a project to develop a telescope that would help observe exoplanets by using the gravitational lens of the Sun. The funding is part of NIAC’s three-phase program, which...

Tata Motors Bags Order to Supply, Operate and Maintain 1,500 Electric Buses For DTC

Tata Motors has already supplied more than 650 electric buses across multiple cities in India. Tata Motors on Friday said it has bagged an order for 1,500 electric buses from Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) as part of a tender by Convergence Energy Services. The auto major will supply, operate and maintain air-conditioned, low-floor, 12-metre fully-built electric buses for 12 years, as per...