India’s Federal Agency ED Froze Crypto Exchange Vauld’s Assets Worth $4.6 Million

India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) froze assets amounting to $46 Million belonging to Vauld which is a cryptocurrency exchange. In Vauld’s press release, the company stated that it disagreed with th...

India’s ED freezes $46 million of Vauld’s funds on money-laundering charges

Singapore-based Crypto Lender Vauld is facing money laundering charges in India after $46.5 million (3.70 billion Indian rupees) was frozen from its local entity, Flipvolt Technology. India’s Enforcem...

India’s FM Says Crypto Buyers Should “Exercise Caution”

Alex Dovbnya Nirmala Sitharaman has urged cryptocurrency users to “exercise caution” Nirmala Sitharaman, the current finance minister of India, urged people to be careful with the cryptocurrency shopp...

India’s ED Probes at Least 10 Crypto Exchanges on Money Laundering Allegations: Report

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Binance Distances Itself From India’s Crypto Exchange WazirX

Binance’s CEO said his firm never completed a transaction to acquire major Indian exchange WazirX in 2019 WazirX’s co-founder Nischal Shetty has disputed those claims and said Binance operates crypto ...

India’s Financial Watchdog Freezes Binance-Owned WazirX’s Assets for ‘Lax KYC Norms’

India’s chief economic enforcement agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), announced Friday that they have frozen $8.14 million (64.67 Crore rupees) in assets from crypto exchange WazirX. The ED all...

India’s Web3 Social Metaverse Taki Launches Beta Version, Opens Access to the Public – crypto.news

Taki has announced that its Web3 token-powered social platform is now in a beta phase and all interested users previously on the waitlist can now complete the signup process to generate their unique $...

India’s second-most populous state issues 100,000 diplomas on Polygon blockchain

Through the LegitDoc platform, the Maharashtra State Board of Skill Development (MSBSD) has distributed approximately 100,000 verified digital certificates anchored on the Polygon (MATIC) blockchain. ...

India’s finance minister says punitive crypto taxes will remain in force

Local media outlet Financial Express reported that the Indian government has no plans to reduce taxation on crypto transactions. On April 1, India implemented a 30% tax on income gained from cryptocur...

India’s Reserve Banks Wants to Ban Crypto, Seeks Global Support

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today addressed Parliament, stating that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is seeking a total ban on cryptocurrencies, but believes that global collaboration ...

India’s Central Bank Plans to Ban Crypto

Alex Dovbnya India’s FM claims that strong international collaboration is needed in order to implement cryptocurrency ban The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is seeking a blanket ban on cryptocurren...

India’s finance minister reveals RBI wants to ban crypto but seeks global cooperation

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the country’s central bank is pushing for the ban on cryptocurrencies, but there is a need for global collaboration.  Sitharaman revealed that the ...

India’s Central Bank Is Keen to Ban Cryptocurrencies, Says Finance Minister

India has been doing flip-flops over the last few years over its decision to allow the use of cryptocurrencies in the country. On Monday, Indian Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Indian central...

The regulatory implications of India’s crypto transactions tax

The Indian crypto landscape lost some momentum this year as the government introduced two laws demanding crippling taxes on crypto-related unrealized gains and transactions. India’s first crypto law, ...

India’s Latest Blockchain Unicorn 5ire Valued at $1.5B

The startup’s Series A follows a seed funding round in October where it was valued at the time for $110 million 5ire’s CEO said the journey to unicorn status took around 11 months in total, making it ...

India’s Crypto Industry Advocacy Body Is Disbanded by Parent: Sources

Reasons for the decision included a lack of maturity among crypto founders when dealing with government, inaction around critical matters despite prompting by India’s parliamentary finance body,...

India’s TikTok-like App Chingari hits 800,000 $GARI wallet subscribers

Barely six months following the integration of the GARI token into the Chingari application, India’s Tiktok has hit a new milestone. GARI Network announced on July 13, 2022, that it had hit 800,000 wa...

India’s Law Enforcement Agency Probes Crypto Exchanges For Forex Violations

Cryptocurrencies allow a free movement of money across political boundaries, bypassing the traditional banking channels. Increased outflows through the decentralized crypto setup could put downward pr...

India’s crypto tax impacted trading frequency of 83% of traders, says survey

A survey conducted by crypto exchanges WazirX and Zebpay found that 83% of traders believe India’s 30% tax on all cryptocurrency and non-fungible token (NFT) transfers has impacted their trading frequ...

India’s This Stance Over Crypto Might Have Saved It From Downturn

The global cryptocurrency market has registered a broad sell off over the past few months. The biggest of the digital tokens’ prices have dropped by around 60% since the beginning of the year. India’s...

India’s 1% tax has dealt a heavy blow to crypto trading volumes

The trading volumes on Indian cryptocurrency exchanges have come under added pressure from the 1% tax that came into effect on July 1. The trading volumes have been on a downward slope ever since Indi...

India’s Crypto Exchanges In Trouble? 1% Tax Keeps Traders Away

Crypto trading volumes in India plummeted this week after the government imposed a long-feared 1% tax on all transactions. Trading volumes in the country’s largest exchanges more than halved in the pa...

India’s Central Bankers Ring Danger Bells On Crypto, Yet Again

After reiterating the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) stance on cryptocurrencies last month, Governor Shaktikanta Das has in Thursday made a new comment. When the crypto market collapsed last month than...

Soaring Demand For Specialty Chemicals Produces India’s Newest Billionaire

Ashwin Desai is the founder and managing director of Aether Industries. Courtesy of Aether Industries Ashwin Desai’s listing of his Surat, India-based specialty chemicals maker Aether Industries this ...

Asia’s Richest Man, Gautam Adani, Raises $775 Million To Build India’s Largest Copper Refinery

Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani addresses the media in Ahmedabad on July 21, 2009. AFP via Getty Images Adani Enterprises—controlled by Gautam Adani and his family—is pushing ahead with plans to bu...

India’s crypto exchanges welcome clarification on new TDS rules — Quartz India

The Indian government has brought in some much-needed clarity—and cheer—in the matter of taxing digital token transactions. The union budget for 2022-23 had declared a 30% tax on income from cryptocur...

India’s 28% Crypto Tax Draws Nearer, Here’s Why

India’s Government  is set to discuss the levying of a goods and services tax (GST) on crypto transactions next week, reports said on Thursday. According to a report by Bloomberg, the panel intends to...

India’s Biggest Crypto Scam Could Be Larger Than Earlier Estimated (Report) 

India’s biggest crypto fraud to date continues to throw up new details, extending the size and scope of the scam even four years after the case first came to light. Earlier, the police estimated that ...

More Heavy Rains Expected To Worsen Bangladesh And Northeast India’s Most Severe Floods In Years

Topline Weather officials warned of more heavy rains in Bangladesh and Northeast India over the next 24 hours as the death toll in the region from landslides, lightning strikes and the worst floods se...

India’s CityMall cuts 191 jobs following $75 million fundraise in late March

Social commerce CityMall, which unveiled a $75 million financing round in late March, is cutting 191 jobs, the latest Indian startup to eliminate roles as it looks to better navigate the sharp reversa...

India’s largest-ever crypto Ponzi scam wipes $12.8 billion from victims

As the cryptocurrency industry grows larger, malicious individuals and groups seek (and find) more opportunities to get away with other people’s digital assets, with the largest-ever crypto Ponzi scam...

Telecom Service Provider Giant ‘Airtel’ Launches India’s First Multiplex in Metaverse

Partynite Metaverse will be the metaverse platform through which users can access. It has been launched as an extension to Airtel’s Xstream Premium service. Bharti Airtel Limited, or simply Airtel, is...