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Long-running investigation by the US Justice Department might result in Binance and its CEO being charged with crimes and paying hefty fines.

Coinbase Global asked a judge to end the US Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit accusing the world's largest publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange of violating federal securities laws. Coinbase said the SEC had no authority to pursue its lawsuit.

The victim was lured into cryptocurrency trading in February 2022 after he joined a WhatsApp group involving cryptocurrency traders.

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday there was a greater acceptance among Group of 20 member countries that any new regulations on the crypto assets need to be globally coordinated.

Coinbase Global is closing the bulk of its operations in Japan as part of a move to adjust international investment amid a slump in the digital-asset sector. The shift comes as the firm cuts 20 percent of its workforce globally, the latest layoffs at the San Francisco-headquartered firm.

Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, is said to have agreed to be extradited to the US where he will face charges of fraud. Earlier on Monday, Bankman-Fried's lawyer told Magistrate Shaka Serville that he was not ready to consent to US extradition to face charges in New York. The magistrate stated that he could not ta...

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried is reportedly facing a market manipulation inquiry by US prosecutors. The prosecutors are probing whether Bankman-Fried controlled the prices of two interlinked currencies, TerraUSD and LUNA, to benefit the entities he controlled including FTX and Alameda Research.

FTX, the now-bankrupt crypto exchange, has outlined a "severe liquidity crisis" in its bankruptcy filings, amid regulatory probes after its collapse last week. The fallout has so far been limited to crypto exchanges and traders, but is featuring in mainstream policy discussions too. The documents also confirmed that FTX had responded to a cyberatt...

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried on Wednesday told employees that he was looking at all options for the crypto firm after a non-binding deal with rival Binance collapsed, leaving the 30-year-old, who had previously been throwing lifelines to other faltering digital asset platforms, with dwindling options himself. The CEO also said in the staff message tha...

Just weeks ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was considered crypto's version of John Pierpont Morgan, willing to throw around his massive fortune to save the industry.

Troubled crypto lender and borrower Hodlnaut on Friday laid off about 40 employees since pausing crypto withdrawals and disclosed an investigation by the Singapore police.

International Finance Corp, a World Bank affiliate, told Reuters on Wednesday it is backing a blockchain-enabled platform to trade carbon offsets, aiming to attract more support from institutional investors for climate-friendly projects in emerging markets.

The US Federal Reserve Board has provided additional information for banking organizations engaging or seeking to engage in crypto-asset-related activities saying banks should notify the central bank prior to engaging in such assets.

India is at the seventh spot in the list of countries that owned digital currencies in 2021, according to UNCTAD. The agency also claims that over 7 percent of Indians owned digital currency in the form of cryptocurrency in 2021. Meanwhile, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das recently said that cryptocurrencies are a clear danger and any...

Bitcoin could take several months to recover from the downward slide in value that the cryptocurrency has seen since May, according to experts. Technical indicators suggest a wide range of potential levels of support for Bitcoin, ranging from $20,000 (roughly Rs. 16 lakh) to $12,000 (roughly Rs. 9,58,900), which hint at another plunge for the world...

Long-running investigation by the US Justice Department might result in Binance and its CEO being charged with crimes and paying hefty fines.

Coinbase Global asked a judge to end the US Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit accusing the world's largest publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange of violating federal securities laws. Coinbase said the SEC had no authority to pursue its lawsuit.

The victim was lured into cryptocurrency trading in February 2022 after he joined a WhatsApp group involving cryptocurrency traders.

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday there was a greater acceptance among Group of 20 member countries that any new regulations on the crypto assets need to be globally coordinated.

Coinbase Global is closing the bulk of its operations in Japan as part of a move to adjust international investment amid a slump in the digital-asset sector. The shift comes as the firm cuts 20 percent of its workforce globally, the latest layoffs at the San Francisco-headquartered firm.

Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, is said to have agreed to be extradited to the US where he will face charges of fraud. Earlier on Monday, Bankman-Fried's lawyer told Magistrate Shaka Serville that he was not ready to consent to US extradition to face charges in New York. The magistrate stated that he could not ta...

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried is reportedly facing a market manipulation inquiry by US prosecutors. The prosecutors are probing whether Bankman-Fried controlled the prices of two interlinked currencies, TerraUSD and LUNA, to benefit the entities he controlled including FTX and Alameda Research.

FTX, the now-bankrupt crypto exchange, has outlined a "severe liquidity crisis" in its bankruptcy filings, amid regulatory probes after its collapse last week. The fallout has so far been limited to crypto exchanges and traders, but is featuring in mainstream policy discussions too. The documents also confirmed that FTX had responded to a cyberatt...

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried on Wednesday told employees that he was looking at all options for the crypto firm after a non-binding deal with rival Binance collapsed, leaving the 30-year-old, who had previously been throwing lifelines to other faltering digital asset platforms, with dwindling options himself. The CEO also said in the staff message tha...

Just weeks ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was considered crypto's version of John Pierpont Morgan, willing to throw around his massive fortune to save the industry.

Troubled crypto lender and borrower Hodlnaut on Friday laid off about 40 employees since pausing crypto withdrawals and disclosed an investigation by the Singapore police.

International Finance Corp, a World Bank affiliate, told Reuters on Wednesday it is backing a blockchain-enabled platform to trade carbon offsets, aiming to attract more support from institutional investors for climate-friendly projects in emerging markets.

The US Federal Reserve Board has provided additional information for banking organizations engaging or seeking to engage in crypto-asset-related activities saying banks should notify the central bank prior to engaging in such assets.

India is at the seventh spot in the list of countries that owned digital currencies in 2021, according to UNCTAD. The agency also claims that over 7 percent of Indians owned digital currency in the form of cryptocurrency in 2021. Meanwhile, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das recently said that cryptocurrencies are a clear danger and any...

Bitcoin could take several months to recover from the downward slide in value that the cryptocurrency has seen since May, according to experts. Technical indicators suggest a wide range of potential levels of support for Bitcoin, ranging from $20,000 (roughly Rs. 16 lakh) to $12,000 (roughly Rs. 9,58,900), which hint at another plunge for the world...