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CoinDCX, India’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, is expanding internationally through the acquisition of BitOasis, a digital asset platform in the Middle East and North Africa, the companies said Wednesday. The Bengaluru-based…

CoinDCX acquires BitOasis in international expansion push

Apple has pulled apps of at least nine crypto exchanges, including Binance and Kraken, from its App Store in India, less than two weeks after most of these global firms…

Apple pulls Binance, Kraken, other crypto apps from India App Store

The trading volume at top Indian crypto exchange WazirX fell to $1 billion in 2023 as the platform faced intensifying regulatory pressure in its home market alongside a broader slump…

WazirX volume falls off a cliff amid India’s crypto scrutiny

Coinbase said Monday that it has disabled new user sign-ups on its exchange product in India but remains committed to the country, where its operations have been in limbo for…

Coinbase ‘committed’ to India, but disables sign-ups amid regulatory roadblock

India’s Enforcement Directorate is investigating “several” crypto cases for money-laundering schemes and has seized $115.5 million to date in such crimes, the Ministry of Finance said, the latest in a…

India probing ‘several’ crypto cases for money laundering, seizes over $115 million

India’s tax rules on crypto, which went into effect last April, have resulted in local exchanges ceding the lion’s share of the market to those operated by foreign players, according…

India’s crypto tax pushing traders to foreign exchanges

Scores of crypto-focused venture capital firms have raced to India in the past two years, hoping to turn the world’s second largest internet market’s large developer community into a key…

Binance chief says crypto exchange doesn’t see viable business in India

Top crypto firms including Coinbase and Polygon are among the firms that have formed an industry body in India to promote dialogue between key stakeholders and drive awareness about web3,…

Coinbase and Polygon back new crypto advocacy group in India

The complex onboarding and user experience is the price people pay to use decentralized apps — and it’s also one of the reasons most are not using those services. A…

CoinDCX launches platform to make DeFi apps accessible to masses

Binance has told customers of its estranged partner WazirX to move their funds to the global crypto exchange platform and said it plans to remove off-chain fund transfer between the…

Binance tells estranged partner WazirX customers to move funds, discontinue off-chain transfer

The leading influential technology lobby group in India is turning its back on advocating for crypto in a major setback for the local ecosystem in the South Asian nation. Internet…

Top Indian tech advocacy group drops crypto over regulatory uncertainty

Private investment platform Republic’s ~$1 billion venture arm is reportedly in talks to raise $700 million for two new crypto-focused funds, according to Axios. The funds include a $200 million…

Republic’s venture arm reportedly raising $700 million for crypto-focused funds

CoinDCX has doubled its valuation to $2.15 billion (post-money) in eight months following a fresh $135 million funding, it said today, as the Indian cryptocurrency exchange looks to aggressively expand…

Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX tops $2 billion valuation in new $135 million funding

Coinbase is beginning to add support for payment instruments UPI and IMPS in India, making its crypto exchange broadly functional in the world’s second largest internet market for the first…

Coinbase makes India push with support for UPI payments

India’s proposed taxation law of virtual digital assets won’t permit individuals to offset loss on one asset against profit from another, the Ministry of Finance said Monday in a move…

India won’t allow offsetting loss on one crypto with profit from another