Marvel Entertainment has announced its plans to launch a new collection of NFTs, in association with digital collectibles platform VeVe. Marvel had earlier worked with VeVe to launch a series of NFTs back in 2021. VeVe has also collaborated with Marvel rival DC Comics as well as Walt Disney. As per CoinMarketCap data, NFTs have a global market cap of over $2.2 billion, at the time of writing, which reflects the immense popularity of the sector at present.
Meta has announced to give users the ability to link non-fungible tokens (NFTs) posts on Instagram to Facebook. The company said that as it continues to roll out digital collectibles on Facebook and Instagram, “We’ve started giving people the ability to post digital collectibles that they own across both Facebook and Instagram”.
Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s oldest and most-valued cryptocurrency, showed slow signs of recovery early Tuesday morning following a massive dip that saw its value plunge below $20,000 over the weekend. Alongside, most of the popular altcoins, including the likes of Ethereum (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE), Solana (SOL), Litecoin (LTC), and Ripple (XRP) saw minor gains in the last 24 hours. Among lesser-known altcoins, the Lido DAO (LDO) token emerged to be the biggest gainer with a 24-hour jump of over 13 percent.
Background
Cryptocurrency still remains a mystical subject for many keen investors in India. While cryptos are slowly gaining recognition from investors and regulators alike, with countries and leading brands adopting it as an official tender, there are still a sizeable number of people who wish to invest in crypto, but aren’t able to closely track breaking and developing news in the sector, which will help them take note of price movements, major sell-offs, and announcements of new blockchain-based developments.
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While there are many cryptocurrencies to explore, Bitcoin (BTC) is the most popular as it is the world’s oldest and most valued crypto coin. As of August 30, Bitcoin price stood at $20,217.58, as per CoinMarketCap data. At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap stood at $979.87 billion, registering a gain of 2.85 percent in the last 24 hours.
While cryptocurrency is unregulated in India, cryptocurrencies are clubbed under virtual digital assets (VDAs). Under the new tax regime that went into effect on April 1 this year, VDAs attract taxation of 30 percent on gains. A TDS of 1 percent will be applied on top of that.
