SEC charges BitConnect’s founder and promoters with $2 billion cryptocurrency fraud

In a statement the SEC said it has sued the founder of a now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange platform BitConnect over the alleged role of the founder’s role in fraudulently raising nearly $2 billion from thousands of retail investors. The SEC expanded its civil lawsuit against BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani, which it had announced in May, with…

Royal Dutch Shell to install 50k charging points in Britain by 2025

On Wednesday, in a statement Royal Dutch Shell announced its plans to significantly expand its network of electric vehicle charging points in Britain. Shell plans on installing 50,000 on-street charging stations by 2025; it plans on implementing its plan through ubitricity, an on-street charging point company that it acquired earlier this year in February. Incidentally,…

Despite Pandemic Risks, Indian Economy Likely Staged A Strong Recovery In April-June Quarter

Despite a devastating second wave of Covid-19 pandemic in the country, it is likely that the India’s economy rebounded in the April-June quarter form the huge dip it experienced last year. The driver for the rebound is expected to be the improved manufacturing output. With an annual contraction of 7.3 per cent in the fiscal…

Robinhood’s shares tumble after news of PayPal’s online brokerage services

Share of Robinhood Markets Inc fell by nearly 7% on Monday following a news that PayPal Holdings Inc may start an online brokerage service. Reports have also emerged saying, regulators were looking at imposing a potential ban on a practice that accounts for the bulk of the company’s revenue. Shares of Robinhood extended an early…

Nvidia Corp’s acquisition of Arm will harm competition: Elon Musk

Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has been quoted by the Telegraph as saying, he is concerned over Nvidia Corp’s planned acquisition of British chip designer Arm since it could impact competition. Telegraph’s report also mentions that Amazon.com Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd have also raised opposition to the deal with U.S. authorities. Earlier this year, the US FTC…

Audio chat app Clubhouse launches special audio to make chats more life like

In a statement audio-only chat app Clubhouse said, it will launch a spatial audio feature to make voices sound as if they’re coming from different directions, in efforts aimed at making virtual conversations and performances feel more life-like. Backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz Clubhouse, jumpstarted the social audio trend last year and became…

Financial Self-Media Accounts To Be “Rectified” By Chinese Social Media Companies

The top social media platforms of China, including Wechat, Douyin, Sina Weibo and Kuaishou, old start to rectify irregular practices of “self-media” accounts that are engaged in publishing financial information, the compaies said on Saturday, according to a report by the Chinese state media Global Times. This move was announced by the company after an…