Crypto money-laundering hit $82 billion in 2025, researchers sayMoney launderers received at least $82 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up sharply from $10 billion in 2020, driven in part by fast g...
27 Jan, 2026, 11.10 PM IST
Cyber fraud crackdown: Six arrested in Bihar for running global crime syndicateThe group was allegedly operating through a network of associates in various states, including West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, ...
21 Jul, 2025, 08.25 PM IST
China debates how to handle criminal crypto cacheMoney involved in crypto-related crimes surged 10-fold to 430.7 billion yuan ($59 billion) in 2023, according to blockchain security firm S...
16 Apr, 2025, 08.52 AM IST
Trump cites China competition in vowing to create bitcoin 'stockpile'Speaking at the Bitcoin 2024 convention in Nashville, Trump positioned himself as the pro-cryptocurrency candidate ahead of the Nov. 5 pres...
28 Jul, 2024, 09.29 AM IST
Mobile app fraud: ED attaches fresh assets worth over Rs 278 croreThe money-laundering case stems from an October 2021 FIR registered by the cyber crime police station in Nagaland's Kohima on the charge of...
27 Dec, 2023, 08.28 PM IST
ED lifts freeze on WazirX accounts; banking resumesIn August, the agency said it had conducted searches on one of the directors of M/s Zanmai Lab Pvt Ltd, which operates WazirX and had issue...
12 Sep, 2022, 10.41 PM IST
UP Police unearths Rs 4,200 cr fraud with links to Chinese operatorsEarlier this year, the police found a link with China-based operators and were cheating people out of crores of rupees across India. This w...
09 Sep, 2022, 08.19 PM IST
Cooperating with ED on CoinSwitch functioning: CEO Ashish SinghalAshish Singhal says 'last few days’ events not about money laundering or PMLA’
27 Aug, 2022, 08.40 PM IST
Troubles mount for Indian crypto exchanges as ED turns on the heatCoinswitch, one of India’s largest crypto exchanges, became the latest entrant to the list of beleaguered entities that are being probed by...
27 Aug, 2022, 06.42 PM IST
ED searches Coinswitch Kuber’s five locations in money laundering probeThis is the third exchange under the scanner of the federal agency for allegedly diverting proceeds of crime raised by 365 instant loan app...
26 Aug, 2022, 10.28 AM IST
ED probing crypto exchanges for alleged laundering of over Rs 1,000 croreThe ED is expected to question officials of the crypto exchanges under investigation again next week, said an industry executive.
11 Aug, 2022, 12.19 PM IST
Cryptoverse: Bitcoin's scared of commitment, Mr BidenWhile bitcoin danced above $42,500 following the news, it has since given up those gains and is now back at around $38,000. Similarly ether...
15 Mar, 2022, 11.52 AM IST
IMF asks El Salvador to drop bitcoin, more countries clamp downThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged El Salvador to drop bitcoin as a legal tender, citing risks to the nation's financial stabi...
26 Jan, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
Ban or regulate? Here's how India can resolve its cryptocurrency dilemmaIndia must, however, have a more nuanced approach to deal with cryptos. First, India cannot ignore a potentially vast source of revenue tha...
17 Dec, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
Top cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin gains 3%; Cardano, Polkadot shed up to 6%Bitcoin was up more than 3 per cent, whereas Polkadot tanked over 6 per cent.
11 Oct, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
Chinese banks promise to step up cryptocurrency banChina's biggest banks have promised to refuse to help customers trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies after the central bank said execut...
21 Jun, 2021, 08.06 PM IST
China arrests over 1,100 suspects in crackdown on crypto-related money launderingThe arrests came as authorities in China step up their crackdown on cryptocurrency trading. Last month, three industry bodies banned crypto...
10 Jun, 2021, 03.07 PM IST