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Party's over for crypto scammers who went on a spending spree after a $240 million bitcoin theftIn a bold social engineering heist, young con artists pilfered over $240 million in bitcoin, leading to an extravagant month of luxury splu...
India brought back 274 fugitives from 36 countries in seven years through technology-driven action: GovtIndia repatriated 274 fugitives from 36 countries between 2019 and July 2026, compared with an average of four a year during 2004-13, the g...
Mahadev betting funds used for Ebix buy: Enforcement DirectorateThe Enforcement Directorate alleges illegal betting funds financed a major acquisition. Vikas Garg's firm Eraaya Lifespaces acquired US sof...
The waiting game: Why the UK’s stablecoin moment is nowGlobal stablecoin market value exceeds three hundred billion dollars, dominated by US dollar denominations. The United Kingdom faces a stra...
RBI backs crypto containment and keeps ban on table, officials tell house panelThe Reserve Bank of India has strongly advised a prohibition strategy for crypto assets, recommending that banks and financial institutions...
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...
Lingam OTT release date details: Where and when to watch the Tamil gangster thriller and drama web seriesTamil actor Kathir's upcoming web series Lingam is set to premiere on JioHotstar. The crime thriller follows a talented kabaddi player whos...
Turkey's crypto rules seen addressing licensing, taxation after boomAnkara promised the regulations last month amidst a years-long boom in crypto trading, as soaring inflation and a plunging lira currency dr...
Turkey's crypto rules seen addressing licensing, taxation after boomTurkey is also seeking to address concerns raised by Paris-based financial watchdog The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which placed th...
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 ...
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.
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...
Facebook-backed crypto project Diem to launch US stablecoin in major shiftDiem Association, formerly Facebook's Libra project, was relocating its main operations from Switzerland to the US and withdrawing its paym...
McAfee reports 629% increase in coin miner malware in Q1 2018In finance, the attacks were not always region specific, as was the case in previous years, but McAfee identified activity in Russia, and r...
India to mull monitoring digital currencies to track crimeA federal government panel is examining options such as banning, regulating or limited intervention for virtual currencies in India.
Wipro steps up security after 'threatening' letter demanding Rs 500 croreIT major Wipro today said it has augmented security measures at all its office locations after receiving a "threatening letter from an unid...
Arun Jaitley hints not all scrapped currency will be remonetisedAs many as 17,165 million pieces of Rs 500 and 6,858 million pieces of Rs 1,000 were in circulation when the govt made the surprise announc...
Ahmedabad’s bitcoin startup GreenCoinX gets legal nod to start operations in the Isle of ManAhmedabad-based bitcoin startup GreenCoinX, developer of the world’s first identifiable crypto currency, has won legal recognition to start...
Bitcoin puzzles regulators; advisory likely to warn of risks"The real fear is that Bitcoin can be used to help money laundering," said V Rajendran, advocate and President, Cyber Society of India.
Digital currency to abet money laundering: ReportThe growing use of digital currency will result in rise in cyber laundering as hacking attacks and online scams take centre stage on Intern...