Indian regulators maintained a hawkish stance despite the growing embrace of digital assets and technology by governments worldwide.
Binance’s registration with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit is not the flashiest crypto story of the day, but it may be one of the more meaningful ones. It shows how the global exchange business is increasingly being
Kalshi has added India to its list of 55 restricted jurisdictions, months after Indian authorities warned VPN providers to stop facilitating access to these platforms.
India's Directorate of Enforcement charged Chirag Tomar and associates over an alleged $20 million Coinbase spoofing scheme.
Coinbase announces INR rails to make the platform fully accessible to Indian retail traders.
Polymarket has gone dark in India and as per local media reports, Kalshi could be next.
Farmers and food programs anchor 10 pilots aimed at boosting usage, while New Delhi eyes BRICS CBDC link ahead of 2026 summit
CoinDCX called the report "false" and said the fraud was carried out through a copycat website by impersonators, not through its platform.
The Reserve Bank of India is urging the government to put a plan to link BRICS nations' central bank digital currencies on the agenda for the 2026 summit it will host.
India's financial intelligence agency has announced stricter identity verification measures for cryptocurrency exchanges to prevent money laundering and terror financing.
Coinbase halted services entirely in 2023, off-boarded millions of Indian users and shuttered local access while reassessing regulatory exposure.
The ARC will operate within a two-tier framework, complementing the RBI's Central Bank Digital Currency.
The Madras High Court granted interim protection to a WazirX user, blocking the exchange from redistributing her XRP as part of its Singapore-led restructuring.
The pending deal extends Coinbase’s backing and follows CoinDCX’s 2022 raise of $135 million at a $2.15 billion valuation.
The traders are suspected of trading on Binance and hiding their gains from India's tax authority, which has high taxes on crypto trades and gains.
The new offering will leverage blockchain technology for faster and safer transactions, minister Piyush Goyal said.
The exchange had suspended most services in January 2025 due to operating without proper registration under anti-money laundering rules.
USDT and USDC continue to lead global stablecoin flows, but EURC and PYUSD are rising fast as institutional rails expand
APAC emerged as the fastest-growing crypto market in the year through June 2025, with on-chain activity up 69% year-over-year.
The kidnapping victim was himself charged with kidnapping and extortion related to a separate crypto ransom case.
India’s tax authorities have uncovered nearly 630 crore rupees (approximately $72 million) in undisclosed income from crypto-related transactions, according to an Aug. 5 disclosure by Pankaj Chaudhary, the Minister of State for Finance. The minister, citing figures from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), stated that the numbers reflect discrepancies in tax filings tied […]
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A software engineer working for CoinDCX has been arrested for alleged involvement in the breach after hackers allegedly exploited his credentials to siphon funds to six wallets.
Sumit Gupta, CEO of Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX, has linked the platform’s recent $44 million security breach to a targeted social engineering attack. In a July 31 statement shared via X (formerly Twitter), Gupta said early findings indicate that the exploit may have stemmed from manipulation tactics to gain unauthorized internal access. He explained that […]
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Binance and WazirX face scrutiny as India investigates cross-border wallet flows and security risks. Globally, investigative agencies have been acting against illicit crypto funding.
Sumit Gupta, CEO of Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX, has publicly denied reports suggesting the company is in acquisition talks with US-based crypto platform Coinbase. The speculation emerged after a Livemint report claimed that negotiations were underway between the two crypto trading platforms. However, Gupta quickly dismissed the claims in a July 29 post on X […]
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CoinDCX's CEO denied reports of a potential acquisition by Coinbase, emphasizing the company's focus on India.
The attack took place one year after a massive $230 million hack took down WazirX, then India's largest crypto exchange.
CoinDCX's CEO, Sumit Gupta, refuted allegations of moving user funds to non-compliant entities in Lithuania.
A senior figure in India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for the country to consider integrating Bitcoin into its official reserve strategy. On July 26, Pradeep Bhandari, a spokesperson for the BJP, encouraged Indian policymakers to adopt a measured approach to Bitcoin, suggesting that even a small-scale pilot program could strengthen India’s economic […]
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Crypto exchange WazirX suffered a major legal blow after the Singapore High Court rejected its restructuring proposal to relaunch operations following a $230 million hack in July 2024. On June 4, WazirX announced that its request for court approval had been denied, saying: “The Honourable Singapore High Court issued an order declining to approve our […]
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