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All you need to know about the tax levied on digital assets in India

In terms of regulations, India has had an “all-or-nothing” attitude when it…
India offers 20-year GIFT City tax holiday and 2047 cloud tax exemption to attract global AI and finance hubs

India’s Budget 2022 presents new digital rupee, 30% tax on transfer of digital assets, and more

With a new year comes a new budget. On February 1, India’s…

Crypto giant FTX valued at $32Bn post $400Mn Series C fundraise

As cryptocurrencies have come to the mainstream and gained exposure and popularity,…

Crypto.com to expand size of its maiden fund to $500Mn

Cryptocurrency continues to be a topic that is widely accepted by some…

Coinbase acquires derivatives platform FairX to offer crypto derivatives to its US customers

Crypto major Coinbase has acquired FairX, a US-based derivatives platform, as it…
Crypto hits $4T market cap

Crypto tumble continues, Bitcoin drops to lowest since September

Cryptocurrency is a topic that has sparked debate for quite some time.…
Upbit breach suspected to be tied to Lazarus

New crypto law in India soon to ban all private cryptocurrencies, with a few ‘exceptions’

Cryptocurrency has had a contradictory journey in India – on one hand,…
Upbit breach suspected to be tied to Lazarus

Fintech startup Defy snaps up $5.5Mn to create India’s first social crypto exchange platform

2021 has been kind to the startup sector in India, clocking many…

Faze Technologies, that lets fans use NFTs for sports, raises $17.4Mn in fresh fundraise

Faze Technologies has raised $17.4 million in its latest seed funding round,…

RBI deems 2018 circular against cryptocurrency no longer valid, says banks can no longer use it to try to halt crypto trading

Cryptocurrency has not had an easy time in India. Not only was…
Coinbase

Polygon, India’s own crypto, crosses $10 billion market cap

Polygon, India’s very own offering to the blockchain market, has officially crossed…
Tesla Showroom in Stuttgart

Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to start accepting it as a mode of payment soon

Elon Musk and Co. never seem to stay out of the headlines.…
Coinbase

Coinbase to suspend trading in XRP cryptocurrency from Jan 19 in light of SEC lawsuit against Ripple

This Tuesday, Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal said in a blog…

Telegram to pay $18.5 million in fines to SEC as its cryptocurrency service TON goes down

Telegram’s Pavel Durov’s plans of running his own cryptocurrency platform are officially…

Facebook announces ‘Novi’, its rebranded digital wallet for users to hold and send ‘Libra’ cryptocurrency

Facebook is rebranding the ‘Calibra’ digital wallet that it had earlier proposed…

CoinDCX lands $2.5M in fresh round as India sees surge in cryptocurrency trading amid COVID-19 lockdown

India does not have a lot of companies around cryptocurrencies or their…

Reserve Bank of India clarifies no restrictions on banks providing accounts to crypto traders

While the provision of bank accounts for cryptocurrency traders has been a…

Reddit experiments with Ethereum powered “Community points” to promote quality content on platform

As explained correctly in a slideshow by Reddit, the average user has…

CoinDCX bags $3 million in funding as India opens regulatory gates to cryptocurrency trading

Less than 3 weeks after Supreme Court of India’s historic judgement to…