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NEW DELHI: A digital mined currency that can be used to buy goods and services, but uses an online ledger with strong cryptography to secure online transaction is known as cryptocurrency or “crypto”. Many companies or brands issue their own tokens and currencies that can be trade specifically for goods and service. Cryptocurrency works using […]

Many described demonetisation as a ‘surgical strike on corruption’. Others tried to justify it as a soft nudge from Prime minister Modi towards a digital economy vis-a-vis ‘Digital India’. “To break the grip of corruption and black money, we have decided that the five hundred rupee and thousand rupee currency notes presently in use will […]