Strengthening India’s tax sovereignty in the age of crypto: The case for Swift CARF implementationIndia’s adoption of the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) aligns its tax systems with global standards, targeting offshore crypto tax...
19 Jul, 2025, 11.42 AM IST
Crypto traders on taxmen radar; Spinny fuels upIndian tax authorities are scrutinising Binance traders over compliance concerns. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
31 Mar, 2025, 07.40 PM IST
Nigeria cracks down on Binance, sues cryptocurrency exchange for $81.5 billion over tax evasion and economic lossesNigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has sued Binance for $81.5 billion, alleging tax evasion and significant economic losses. T...
20 Feb, 2025, 10.08 PM IST
Centre detects Rs 722 cr GST evasion from Binance, recovered Rs 122 cr from other crypto exchangesGST authorities have booked tax evasion cases against 17 cryptocurrency exchanges, amounting to Rs 824.14 crore. This includes Rs 722.43 cr...
02 Dec, 2024, 09.17 PM IST
How two allies wrestled over a crypto giant and a prisonerTigran Gambaryan, a compliance officer for Binance, had been held on money laundering charges as part of a sweeping Nigerian government cas...
25 Oct, 2024, 10.50 AM IST
Binance gets Rs 722 crore GST notice, a first for crypto sectorThe notice was issued for fees collected from Indian customers trading in virtual digital assets (VDAs) on the platform, categorized under ...
07 Aug, 2024, 07.14 AM IST
Nigerian judge sets Binance tax evasion trial for OctoberNigerian court to commence trial against cryptocurrency exchange Binance for tax evasion charges. Executives cleared of tax evasion charges...
12 Jul, 2024, 09.47 PM IST
Financial Intelligence Unit clears Binance and Kucoin to be Virtual Asset Service ProvidersET was the first to report in the April 18 edition that Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange that was banned by the governm...
16 May, 2024, 10.09 PM IST
Binance, Kucoin get FIU nod to register and trade in IndiaThe Indian government's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has approved the registration applications of offshore cryptocurrency exchanges B...
10 May, 2024, 11.31 PM IST
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months for allowing money launderingZhao pleaded guilty in November to one count of failing to take required anti-money-laundering measures and stepped down as Binance agreed ...
01 May, 2024, 07.48 AM IST
Binance to restart operations in India as compliant FIU-registered entityBinance returns to India, paying $2 million penalty, seeking compliance with PMLA. Its re-entry may reshape the market dynamics with superi...
18 Apr, 2024, 07.31 AM IST
Who's afraid of cryptocurrency?The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved 11 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the spot price of bitcoin. While many hoped...
24 Jan, 2024, 11.29 PM IST
Crypto giant Binance commingled customer funds and company revenue, former insiders sayOne of the sources, a person with direct knowledge of Binance's group finances, said the sums ran into billions of dollars and commingling ...
23 May, 2023, 03.48 PM IST
Binance, alone at the top after FTX, stirs 'too big to fail' crypto worryAs Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX empire collapsed into bankruptcy and the 30-year-old former billionaire swapped a luxury penthouse for a Bahamas...
17 Dec, 2022, 10.09 PM IST
WazirX episode reveals darker side of crypto: Govt sourcesAt the G20 Ministerial Symposium on Tax and Development in Bali, she had suggested that G20 should examine the feasibility of bringing non-...
13 Aug, 2022, 11.53 AM IST
WazirX tells workers it ‘disagrees’ with ED; Son’s warning to unicorn foundersThree days after the Enforcement Directorate froze its bank assets worth Rs 64.67 crore, crypto exchange WazirX has sought to allay the con...
08 Aug, 2022, 07.33 PM IST
Crypto exchange WazirX dodged Rs 40.5 crore in tax, says GST departmentLate on Thursday evening, the tax department recovered Rs 49.2 crore from the company – the GST owed plus interest and penalties.
31 Dec, 2021, 03.44 PM IST