In today’s crypto news, IMF official identifies regulating crypto assets as a priority mid-term issue in India. According to a top official from the International Monetary Fund, the mid-term structural issues for India are regulating digital assets and crypto, integrating with the global economy as well as addressing the remaining regulatory concerns in the banking sector. More on this crypto news below.
The block explorer and crypto exchange Blockchain.com is in talks to go public. It has started its negotiations with the United States banks to explore how it might hold an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as possible this year. A detailed overview of the crypto news is below.
The cricket non-fungible token (NFT) platform Rario has recently raised a funding of $120 million led by Dream Capital, M&A arm of Dream Sports, and the corporate venture. It also received the participation of Alpha Wave Global. Read more about this NFT news below.
Crypto Prices Today
| Price Trend | Price for April 24, 2022 | Percentage change |
| The global cryptocurrency market cap | $1,844,925,358,847 | NA |
| The total crypto market volume | $52,729,251,778 | NA |
| Bitcoin Price | $39,691.63 | 0.21% |
| Ethereum Price | $2,949.19 | –0.17% |
*All prices are latest by 11:30 AM, 24 April 2022.
Top Gainers and Losers Today
Top 3 Crypto Gainers
| Cryptocurrency | Price (Latest by April 24, 2022) | Change in % |
| Synthetix Network (SNX) | ₹492.70 | 9.50% |
| XDC Network (XDC) | ₹4.62 | 6.70% |
| Polymath (POLY) | ₹36.62 | 4.85% |
*All prices are latest by 11:30 AM, 24 April 2022.
Top 3 Crypto Losers
| Cryptocurrency | Price (Latest by April 24, 2022) | Change in % |
| Ox (Ox) | ₹67.52 | 7.43% |
| ApeCoin (APE) | ₹1295.36 | 5.45% |
| dYdX (DYDX) | ₹372.13 | 4.37% |
*All prices are latest by 11:30 AM, 24 April 2022.
Crypto News Global
IMF official identifies regulating crypto assets as a priority mid-term issue in India
According to a top official from the International Monetary Fund, the mid-term structural issues for India are regulating digital assets and crypto, integrating with the global economy as well as addressing the remaining regulatory concerns in the banking sector.
According to the Financial Counselor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, India is being positively viewed by IMF. IMF believes that there are numerous opportunities in the nation and growth is returning to the nation.
Source: Moneycontrol
Crypto exchange Blockchain.com might go public
The block explorer and crypto exchange Blockchain.com is in talks to go public. It has started its negotiations with the United States banks to explore how it might hold an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as possible this year.
According to reports from various sources, the talks are now conducted on a preliminary basis and the tech startup might have a change in a plan at any moment. In case it decided to go public with an IPO, it shall become the second crypto exchange in the US to do the same. Coinbase went public in 2021 and Blockchain.com might follow suit. The current valuation of Blockchain.com is $14billion.
Read: Difference between Centralized and Decentralized crypto exchange
Source: Cointelegraph
Top NFT & Metaverse News
Cricket NFT platform Rario bags $120 million funding led by Dream Capital
The cricket non-fungible token (NFT) platform Rario has recently raised a funding of $120 million led by Dream Capital, M&A arm of Dream Sports, and the corporate venture. It also received the participation of Alpha Wave Global. Some of the other investors that the startup was funded by included Animoca Brands, Kingsway Capital, and Presight Capital.
This concludes the first best by the Dream 11 parent within the Web3 space and its largest investment till date. This comes after the Dream Sports CEO Harsh Jain mentioned in one of the industry events in January about the company looking to explore nascent blockchain and NFT markets.
Read: Top 10 celebrities who entered the NFT world
Source: Moneycontrol
NEW COIN LISTING ON COINDCX
| New Coin | Market Cap | Circulating Supply |
| Coti (COTI) | ₹18,027,270,932 | 1.05B COTI |
| SuperFarm (SUPER) | ₹17,894,554,518 | 402,410,904.42 SUPER |
| XDC Network (XDC) | ₹54,258,943,416 | 12.31B XDC |
| Anchor Protocol (ANC) | ₹49,686,090,771 | 340,242,438.46 ANC |
| Stacks (STX) | ₹113,560,687,709 | 1.31B STX |
*All prices are latest by 11:30 AM April 24, 2022.*
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