Crypto
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Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch sues WazirX to recover stuck funds
New Delhi: Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinSwitch has sued rival platform WazirX, saying they are taking legal action to recover the funds stuck on Nischal Shetty-run crypto platform. Ashish Singhal-run CoinSwitch said it…
- World
Putin signs law to legalise crypto mining in Russia
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law, officially legalising cryptocurrency mining in the country from November 2024, according to a document published on the government portal of legal information. Under…
- World
Trump vows to make US ‘crypto capital of the planet’
Washington: Donald Trump, the former US President and Republican nominee for the White House, has pledged to turn the US into the “crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Police advisory warns against p2p crypto trading frauds
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Police issued a warning on Thursday regarding the growing instances of fraud in peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto trading. According to the advisory, law enforcement agencies have ramped up efforts to…
- Business
Crypto exchange FixedFloat confirms hack, loses $26 mn in Bitcoin, Ether
New Delhi: Decentralised crypto exchange FixedFloat has confirmed a hack that resulted in the theft of Bitcoin and Ether worth at least $26 million. The exchange team confirmed the attack shortly after…
- Business
Apple removes top crypto exchanges like Binance, Kucoin from App Store in India
New Delhi: Apple has removed some top global cryptocurrency exchanges like Binance and Kucoin from its App Store in India after the government sent show-cause notices to these crypto exchanges for not…
- Business
Crypto firm Sinohope sees losses grow over 40%, no FTX funds in sight
Hong Kong: Cryptocurrency firm Sinohope Technology (formerly Huobi Technology) reported more than 40 per cent loss for the first nine months of 2023, as its funds are still stuck in the collapsed…
- India
Govt blocks URLs of Binance, 8 other crypto firms for illegal ops in India
New Delhi: India’s Financial Intelligence Unit has issued show-cause notices to nine offshore virtual digital asset service providers, including Binance, for operating in the country without complying with the money laundering laws,…
- Business
Crypto exchange HTX loses $258mn in withdrawals
New Delhi: Leading crypto exchange HTX has witnessed a net outflow of $258 million after a $30 million hack in November, the media reported. As per DefiLlama data, crypto users withdrew assets…
- Business
Bankrupt crypto platform Genesis sues crypto exchange Gemini to recover $689 mn
San Francisco: Bankrupt crypto lending platform Genesis has sued cryptocurrency exchange Gemini to recover $689 million. Genesis alleges that Gemini, owned by the Winklevoss twins, made “significant withdrawals” before Genesis filed for…
- India
CBI books Ahmedabad-based man for cheating, recovers US $9.3L from crypto wallets
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said that it registered a case against one Ramavat Shaishav aka James Carlson and carried out searches and recovered US $ 9.3…
- Technology
Crypto gaming secures $600 mn in funding in Q3: Report
San Francisco: The crypto gaming industry has secured approximately $600 million in funding during the third quarter (Q3) of this year despite facing challenges in the broader crypto and gaming markets, a…
- Technology
N.Korea’s Lazarus Group launders $900mn in crypto: Report
New Delhi: Over $7 billion in cryptocurrency has been illicitly laundered through cross-chain crime, with North Korea’s Lazarus Group being linked to the theft of around $900 million between July 2022 and…
- Technology
Crypto firm Mixin hit by $200 mn hack, halts services
New Delhi: Hong Kong-based crypto company Mixin has announced that the hackers stole around $200 million in a data breach that occurred on September 23. After learning about the data breach, the…
- Business
Crypto criminals steal over $10bn to date, despite crypto crime slowing down
New Delhi: Crypto criminals have stolen more than $10 billion to date, despite crypto crime slowing down, a new report said on Monday. According to data presented by AltIndex.com, crypto scammers and…
