Cryptocurrency trading: Why custody is becoming critical to digital asset security amid rising fraud risks

In the digital assets space, custody is slowly becoming the key theme of the ecosystem amid increasing use of digital assets and Web3 applications in enterprise and institutional use. Rising cyber fraud and operational breaches have placed digital asset custody

Sensex, Nifty close marginally lower on foreign fund outflows

Stock markets ended marginally lower on Tuesday amid thin year-end trading as persistent foreign fund outflows and a muted trend in global equities weighed on investors’ sentiment. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Falling for the fifth consecutive day, the 30-share BSE Sensex

Aramco, OIL likely to pick up stake in BPCL’s Andhra refinery

State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is willing to dilute a 30–40 per cent stake in its upcoming greenfield refinery in Andhra Pradesh, with Gulf energy major Saudi Aramco and upstream player Oil India Ltd (OIL) likely to join as

Industrial output growth at 2-year high of 6.7% in Nov

India’s industrial production grew at a two-year high of 6.7 per cent in November this year, driven by strong performances in mining and manufacturing, according to official data released on Monday. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters The factory output, measured in terms

New market code may constrain Sebi funding

As the government moves to revamp India’s securities legislation, unifying three different laws into the Securities Markets Code (SMC), regulatory experts and ma­rket insiders have raised conc­erns on potential funding challe­nges for the stock market regulator. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters While

Timex Group promoter exercises oversubscription option, OFS size rises to 90.19 lakh shares

Global watchmaker Timex Group India Ltd on Monday (December 29) said its promoter, Timex Group Luxury Watches BV, Netherlands, has exercised the oversubscription option in its offer for sale (OFS) of equity shares through the stock exchange mechanism. Under the

Intel shares edge higher in pre-market trade after $5 billion stake sale to Nvidia

Intel shares edged higher to $36.29 in pre-market trade on the Nasdaq on Monday, December 29, after the company announced that it had completed the sale of 214.8 million shares to Nvidia Corporation for $5 billion on Friday. Intel completed

Sensex sheds 346 pts on foreign fund outflows

Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower on Monday due to selling in oil & gas and IT shares, foreign fund outflows and thin year-end trading. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters Extending the downtrend to the fourth day running, the 30-share

New Insurance Bill: Bad news likely for intermediaries with high commissions

Insurance intermediaries who receive disproportionately high commissions are likely to see a decline in their payouts, post the new Insurance Amendment Bill. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The new Bill gives the Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India (Irdai) the power

IndiGo’s domestic mkt share slides to 63.6% in Nov

The country’s largest airline IndiGo, which faced massive operational disruptions earlier this month, saw its domestic market share slide to 63.6 per cent in November, according to official data. Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters Air India Group, comprising Air India and Air