Cryptoverse: Will bitcoin behave better on Wall Street?

“This is a logical, nearly-inevitable evolution as a newborn security with a wildly uncertain value and price matures into a mainstream asset with a million punters punting,” said Brent Donnelly, a currency trader and president of Spectra Markets. The total value of bitcoin traded on cryptocurrency exchanges is about $500 million a day on average, …

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Crypto Price Today: Bitcoin falls below $39,700; Ethereum, BNB shed over 5%

Bitcoin was trading 0.64% lower at $39,648 at 11:41 am, while Ethereum was down 5.34% at $2,219. Other altcoins, like BNB and Polygon, fell over 5% each. Litecoin, Chainlink, Tron, Dogecoin, and Cardano dropped 2-4%.The total volume in DeFi is currently $5.96 billion, 8.04% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume. The volume of all …

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Infibeam profit rises 16 pc in Dec quarter

For the current fiscal, the company maintained its financial guidance of Rs 3,000-3,300 crore of gross revenue, Rs 410-415 crore of net revenue, Rs 230-235 crore in EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortisation) and Rs 130-150 crore profit. It added about 228,000 merchants in the third quarter, averaging 2,500 daily.

Paytm crosses 100 million users at end-December

Paytm is focussed on acquiring new users who can be monetised, founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma said. Sharma added that by using artificial intelligence in code generation, the company is seeing accelerated deployment of technology updates and is also bringing in operational efficiencies. “Our approach has been led by multiple devices like soundbox, card machines and …

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Razorpay introduces 2-minute instant refunds on failed UPI transactions

Full-stack fintech platform Razorpay on Monday launched an industry-first ‘instant refunds’ feature on failed unified payments interface i(UPI) transactions in the country. The solution by Razorpay POS will provide instant refunds for failed UPI transactions within two minutes, as against the industry benchmark of 5-6 business days, said the company.

Paytm lending decoded: Where does it stand after slowdown in small-ticket credit?

Paytm scaled down one of its most popular credit products Paytm Postpaid in December. The impact of this on Paytm’s business became evident on January 19, when the company reported its December quarter financials. For the Noida-based payments major, credit is an important cornerstone of its business. So, how is the slowdown in consumer lending …

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