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RBI tells parliamentary panel that virtual digital assets like cryptocurrency a threat to economyThe Reserve Bank of India has informed a parliamentary panel that virtual digital assets like cryptocurrency pose a threat to India's devel...
Banks, fintechs join forces to fight money laundering, terror financing under new platformIndia's financial sector has launched a new platform called ARIFAC. This brings together banks, NBFCs, payment firms, insurers, and other e...
Govt flags ‘high-risk’ crypto system in note to Parliamentary panelIndia's virtual digital asset sector is now high risk. Intelligence reports reveal extensive illegal activities including drug trafficking ...
How US President Donald Trump's crypto venture and Iran's top exchange tapped into the same industry networksIran's Nobitex exchange moved billions through Tron and BNB Chain, networks by Justin Sun and Changpeng Zhao. These blockchains facilitated...
ED's arrests decline; highest-ever raids, attachments during FY26: Annual reportThe Enforcement Directorate saw fewer arrests in the last financial year. However, asset attachments reached an unprecedented Rs 81,000 cro...
On 70th ED Day, agency flags rise in crypto fraud, narcotics and terror financing casesThe Enforcement Directorate is adapting to new criminal challenges like crypto fraud and terror financing. The agency has filed nearly twic...
ED says terror financing, crypto frauds new focus areas for agencyThe Enforcement Directorate is now targeting cryptocurrency frauds, terror financing, cybercrimes, and drug trafficking. Bank and real esta...
FIU issues notice to Binance, 8 other offshore crypto platforms, writes to MeitY for blocking of URLsThe FIU has also written to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to block the URLs of these nine entities including Binan...
Crypto is a small slice of Hamas’ funding — but it’s deadlyCrypto is a small but deadly slice of overall terrorism funding: Research by analytics firm Elliptic in 2021 estimated that wallets linked ...
Tether freezes crypto linked to 'terrorism and warfare' in Israel and UkraineCryptocurrency issuer Tether has frozen 32 crypto wallet addresses containing a combined $873,118 it said were linked to "terrorism and war...
Tether freezes crypto linked to 'terrorism and warfare' in Israel and UkraineCryptocurrency issuer Tether has frozen 32 crypto wallet addresses containing a combined $873,118 it said were linked to "terrorism and war...
Israel seized Binance crypto accounts to 'thwart' Islamic State, shows documentIn a series of investigations last year, Reuters reported that Binance intentionally kept weak anti-money laundering controls. Since 2017, ...
Over 3,000 crypto accounts under scrutiny for 'illegal activities'Cryptocurrency exchange platform WazirX last week said it had blocked over 700 accounts between April and September, based on directives fr...
Bank of Spain includes Binance in its crypto registryThe Bank of Spain has registered the local unit of the world's largest crypto exchange Binance as a virtual currency platform with procedur...
European Union to trace crypto assets to prevent money laundering, terror financingBefore making the crypto-assets available to beneficiaries, providers will have to verify that the source of the asset is not subject to re...
GST Council mulling 28% tax on Bitcoin, other cryptocurrenciesThe services such as crypto mining along with sales and purchases are likely to attract the 28 per cent GST if the proposal goes through in...
Crypto industry echoes Sitharaman's pitch for global crypto frameworkSpeaking in a discussion hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC, Sitharaman said, "I think the biggest risk for a...
How Israel’s intel helped Delhi cops crack crypto hacking caseCommunication from a foreign intelligence agency to the Indian intelligence flagging crypto wallets being operated by al-Qassam Brigades, t...
Terror financing surges amid COVID-19, rampant use of cryptocurrencyThe sudden change in the pattern and scale of financial transactions in the wake of the pandemic has provided an opportunity to criminals a...
LeT's frontal outfit Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation still active in cyber world: Union minister G Kishan ReddyUnion Minister G Kishan Reddy said Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation remains active in the cyberspace despite being designated by the UN.