In the past several months, cryptocurrency scams have seen a sharp surge at the global level. Recently, leading Indian crypto exchange WazirX was hacked leading to the compromise of user funds. Notably, the country’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) recently released a report on the Drug cases. According to the NCB
Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth revealed that India will release a discussion paper on its cryptocurrency policy before September. This document seeks stakeholder feedback and will outline potential regulatory frameworks beyond the current focus on anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) standards. According to the local news outlet, this
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In the budget meeting for the fiscal year 2024-2025, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman upheld the existing tax regulations on cryptocurrencies, leaving the controversial tax-deducted-at-source (TDS) rate at 1% unchanged. This decision follows a significant urge from the crypto sector, which had asked for a reduction of the TDS to
Web3 security firm Cyvers has detected multiple suspicious transactions involving prominent Indian exchange WazirX’s Safe Multisig wallet on Ethereum. According to an X post, it is believed that $234.9 million of funds in the Multisig have been moved to a new address. Each transaction’s caller was funded by Tornado Cash,
Interakt, a software development company specializing in Web3 solutions and marketing, announces its title sponsorship of Octaloop’s third edition of the India Blockchain Tour. The tour will span six major Indian cities from July 13 to August 31, 2024, including New Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, and Kolkata. As India’s
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The Indian rupee dived 0.2% to an all-time low of 83.6512 against the U.S. dollar, surpassing the early low of 83.5750 hit in April, according to the Bloomberg-compiled prices. The current low was amid continuous foreign fund outflows in the equity market and the strengthening of the greenback. This decline
Crypto exchange Binance has been fined $2.2 million by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of India. Binance is reportedly accused of failing to comply with local anti-money laundering (AML) standards, which is the reason for the penalty. For Binance, already beset by convoluted international financial rules, this new development poses
The Orissa High Court in India recently stated in a Ponzi scheme accusation case, that crypto trading is not illegal. The announcement has pronounced the country’s stand on cryptocurrency amidst recent regulations discussions. According to sources, the case included two individuals who were accused of defrauding people through a Ponzi or
