Indian Town Adopts Avalanche Blockchain For Tamper-Proof Land Records

In a move towards transparent, tamper-proof land governance, the district administration for a town in India has digitized all land records dating back to the 1950s and stored them on the Avalanche blockchain

It was announced by the Dantewada District Administration of Chhattisgarh, India, on March 6 that it had digitized over 700,000 land records via the Office of Land Records. These digitised records were saved on the Avalanche blockchain in collaboration with Indian blockchain startup LegitDoc by Zupple Labs. 

Mayank Chaturvedi, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, who is the district collector of Dantewada, highlighted the importance of the initiative:

“For decades, our citizens faced significant delays in accessing their land records, with verification sometimes taking weeks. By digitizing these records and securing them on blockchain, we have ensured they are easily accessible and cannot be tampered with.”

Dubai state-owned bank Emirates NBD debuts crypto trading on Liv X app

A Dubai government-owned bank, Emirates NBD, is offering new cryptocurrency services through its digital bank subsidiary Liv.

In a joint announcement by the companies Liv bank and Liv X on March 6, the companies said Liv bank has enabled its customers to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies on its Liv X app in collaboration with Aquanow, a licensed crypto asset service provider. 

A representative for Aquanow told Cointelegraph that the service, which was launched on March 5, allows retail Liv clients in the United Arab Emirates to trade five major cryptocurrency assets: Bitcoin (BTC) $91,242, Ether (ETH) $2,294, Solana SOL $151.56, XRP (XRP $2.60), and Cardano (ADA $0.9588).

Liv’s crypto service offering also features custody services by Zodia Custody, which secured a strategic investment from Emirates NBD in late 2024.

US Customs has started releasing seized crypto miners: Report

After months of being held up at ports of entry across the United States, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authorities have reportedly started releasing Chinese-made crypto miners. 

Taras Kulyk, CEO of crypto mining manufacturer firm Synteq Digital, told Reuters that “Thousands of units have been released” after as many as 10,000 miners were seized at various ports of entry. 

“Apparently there were some folks in the CBP that really didn’t like Bitcoin mining so they wanted to give the entire sector a headache, which they did quite well.” 

Ethan Vera, the Luxor Technology (Bitcoin mining infrastructure) chief told Reuters that “some held shipments are being released, but right now that is still a minority of them.”  

Blockspace said in November, the customs authorities have been delaying the delivery of Bitmain Antminer application-specific integrated circuits since as early as last September or thereabout.