Cryptocurrency Scam: Economic Offences Wing exposes Rs 1,000 crore fraud spanning across IndiaThe Economic Offences Wing of the State Crime Branch has uncovered a nationwide cryptocurrency scam run by STA Token, a company that lured ...
08 Aug, 2023, 09.17 AM IST
India's money laundering rules to apply to crypto trade, states govt notificationExtending India's money laundering rules to cryptocurrencies will give authorities greater authority in monitoring the transfer of these as...
08 Mar, 2023, 04.06 PM IST
India's money laundering rules to apply to crypto trade, says govt notificationThe exchange between virtual digital assets and fiat currencies, the exchange between one or more forms of virtual digital assets and the t...
08 Mar, 2023, 03.51 PM IST
Govt to launch awareness campaign on crypto and online gamingNew strategy to target various asset classes and cover all Ponzi schemes.
27 Dec, 2022, 07.39 AM IST
This Ponzi crypto app dupes people by offering high returnsMany bank customers are currently being conned by a bitcoin Ponzi programme that promises them big profits.
03 Dec, 2022, 01.48 PM IST
DeFi can't hold a candle to the centuries-old trust-based system called hawalaThe appeal of changing money into TerraUSD, a stablecoin that promised 1:1 convertibility into dollars, lay in the near-20% yield on TerraU...
21 Jun, 2022, 12.06 PM IST
Banning cryptos is the most advisable choice: RBI deputy governorMore substantially, he added, cryptocurrencies can wreck the currency system, monetary authority, banking system, and in general the govern...
15 Feb, 2022, 04.30 PM IST
Cryptocurrencies worse than Ponzi schemes, says RBI Deputy GovernorSankar also said that since cryptocurrencies have specifically been developed to bypass the regulated financial system, it is reason enough...
15 Feb, 2022, 02.09 PM IST
Several members of Parliamentary panel against banning cryptocurrenciesThe meeting took place against the backdrop of rising concerns in various quarters about cryptocurrencies and the possible risks emanating ...
15 Nov, 2021, 08.43 PM IST
Government departments discuss draft bill to ban cryptocurrenciesGovernment departments have endorsed the idea of a complete ban on all types of cryptocurrency, sources said.
26 Apr, 2019, 05.00 PM IST
Delhi police bust crypto coin minting unit in DehradunThe two accused had cheated people of over Rs 100 crore by making them invest in Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoins via their website and then...
04 May, 2018, 10.24 AM IST
Cryptocurrencies are like ponzi schemes, says World Bank chiefThe development lender is “looking really carefully” at blockchain technology.
08 Feb, 2018, 10.45 AM IST
Modi government has bad news for Indians dreaming of easy money via bitcoinsThe income tax department has sent tax notices to tens of thousands of people dealing in cryptocurrency. The notices were sent after a surv...
20 Jan, 2018, 02.00 PM IST
Bitcoin not a legal tender in India, says Arun JaitleyThe government has recently cautioned investors to be wary of virtual currencies like bitcoin.
02 Jan, 2018, 04.33 PM IST
Here's why India has decided to crank up its crackdown against BitcoinsThe tax department is set to issue notices to 4 to 5 lakh high networth individuals across India who were trading on bitcoin exchanges.
19 Dec, 2017, 04.15 PM IST
Bitcoin triggers ponzi scheme fear: Government in a huddle, plans crackdownThe financial regulators are worried that a complete lack of regulatory regime for such cryptocurrencies may give rise to 'e-ponzi' schemes.
15 Dec, 2017, 12.19 PM IST
Bitcoin surge, ICOs raise regulatory hackles on e-ponzi fearsRBI and Sebi will soon get into a huddle to prepare a framework to protect gullible investors.
10 Dec, 2017, 02.38 PM IST