Regulatory minefield: ED enters the crypt, waking up the ghosts for Crypto IncIndia's crypto sector faces a new crisis as the Enforcement Directorate probes four firms for unauthorized foreign money transfers using di...
22 Jun, 2026, 12.42 AM IST
ED case against five Bengaluru-based entities for 'unauthorised' cross-border crypto transactionsThe Enforcement Directorate has initiated a FEMA probe into five companies located in Bengaluru for their alleged involvement in unauthoriz...
19 Jun, 2026, 08.34 PM IST
ED attaches Rs 907 cr assets of crypto exchanges under PMLAThe Enforcement Directorate has seized assets worth Rs 907 crore and arrested three individuals in connection with money laundering cases i...
11 Jul, 2025, 03.49 PM IST
Dubai homebuyers face heat: ED sounds alarm on missing trails to UAE propertiesIndian authorities are investigating Dubai property purchases. Some buyers face notices from the Income Tax department and summons from the...
10 Jul, 2025, 08.51 AM IST
Indian crypto exchanges’ futures trade with foreign peers may test FEMA limitsLocal bourses as well as these HNIs believe their trades are kosher — drawing comfort from the fact that the foreign exchanges they are dea...
04 Nov, 2024, 06.30 AM IST
Rich face crypto dilemma: To bet or not via foreign routeUnlike direct purchase of cryptos, investing in an ETF is subscribing to units or securities issued by a regulated fund --- a feature that ...
10 Feb, 2024, 08.35 AM IST
ED seizes Rs 1,144 crore crime proceeds, arrests 20 persons in crypto fraud casesFurther, under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) assets amounting to Rs 270.18 crore have been seized under section 37A of FEMA ...
07 Aug, 2023, 07.54 PM IST
Traders in dilemma over disclosing cryptocurrency as foreign assetOver the past two years as more and more banks in India blocked payments for crypto deals, many traders shifted their coins in wallets of f...
26 Jul, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
ED investigating several cases related to crypto, digital currency frauds: MoS FinanceCrypto assets are currently unregulated in India. Frauds relating to crypto are dealt with under extant laws against fraud and cyber crime.
03 Apr, 2023, 06.43 PM IST
ED investigating several cases related to crypto/digital currency frauds: MoS FinanceFurther, under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) assets amounting to Rs 289.28 crore have been seized. The minister said one sho...
03 Apr, 2023, 06.43 PM IST
Rs 936 crore related to crypto currency attached or seized by ED: GovtBesides, five persons have been arrested and six prosecution complaints (PCs) including one supplementary PC have been filed before the Spe...
06 Feb, 2023, 09.36 PM IST
ED now raids CoinSwitch Kuber, firm says engaging with all stakeholdersThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday searched the premises of leading crypto exchange CoinSwitch Kuber for alleged Foreign Exchange...
25 Aug, 2022, 09.42 PM IST
Crypto investors seek clarity on reporting assets in I-T returnsHaving shifted the coins offshore using the Blockchain network to avoid stifling regulations, they have sensed that sharing the information...
20 Aug, 2022, 12.43 AM IST
ED serves FEMA notice to crypto exchange WazirX: MoS Pankaj ChaudharyPankaj Chaudhary said that the Directorate of Enforcement is probing alleged money laundering of Rs 2,790 crore through crypto exchange Waz...
04 Aug, 2022, 12.28 PM IST
ED investigating WazirX for allowing Rs 2,790 crore of remittance to unknown walletsThe investigation has revealed that the Indian cryptocurrency exchange Wazirx, operated by Zanmai Labs Private Limited in India, was using ...
02 Aug, 2022, 10.53 PM IST
CoinDCX restricts crypto withdrawals citing higher compliance requirementAfter the issue gained traction on microblogging platform Twitter, CoinDCX’s head of marketing, Ramalingam S., wrote on June 20 that “while...
23 Jun, 2022, 08.31 PM IST
The status and future of NFTs and crypto art in IndiaNon-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are another example of the type of innovation crypto-assets and public blockchains can lead to, in this case,...
08 Apr, 2021, 05.57 PM IST