Cryptocurrency

Binance heist puts focus on rising cyberattacks by nation-state actors

The $6.3 billion Binance heist has renewed concerns over nation-state cyberattacks and AI-driven vulnerabilities, putting the security preparedness of crypto exchanges under scrutiny

'India's crypto market to broaden, smaller cities to aid growth'

Nischal Shetty, founder, WazirX said that for Bitcoin, $90,000 is a recovery reference and $100,000 remains a possible upside outcome if sustained spot buying and ETF demand continue.

Binance hack: Who pays when a crypto exchange loses investors' money?

The Binance cyberattack raises questions about the safety of cryptocurrency held on exchanges, who bears the losses and what protection Indian investors have

Bitcoin's resilience after Binance hack masks lingering market jitters

The original cryptocurrency rose about 1% Monday, trading around $78,300 at 1 p.m. in Singapore

Binance says 90% of assets stolen in record hack have been replenished

The cryptocurrency exchange said the replenishment included funds from its own corporate treasury

Binance's $6.3 bn hack signals the start of a risky era for crypto security

The largest cyber heist in history came as attackers increasingly use artificial intelligence and other advanced techniques to steal crypto and quickly launder the funds

Binance crypto exchange's $6.3 bn heist rattles crypto, draws scrutiny

The US agencies are coordinating with private-sector partners to assess the breach and recover stolen funds, while Binance pledged to cover all losses

Binance hack exposes unsolvable crypto risk: Billions can vanish overnight

The record-breaking theft has shaken confidence in cryptocurrency infra, with Binance and its partners freezing billions of dollars in assets and pledging to reimburse customers for their losses

Binance's possible hack triggers $3 billion freeze in crypto assets

The market impact of the possible hacking, which could be the largest-ever crypto heist according to analytics firm Chainalysis, was felt immediately in early Asian trading on Friday

BFSI Insight Summit: Crypto industry calls for greater regulatory clarity

At the BFSI Insight Summit 2026, crypto experts called for clearer regulations and tax reforms, warning that high taxes were pushing trading overseas despite strong adoption in India.

Crypto industry leaders flag tax hurdles, seek regulatory clarity in India

At the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026, crypto industry leaders flagged the burden of crypto taxation, called for regulatory clarity and highlighted growing investor interest

Crypto devices built to foil hackers may have come with spies inside

Malaysian retailer CryptoBilis, a reseller of hardware crypto wallets, has become a focal point of an investigation into thefts from devices meant to secure digital assets offline

Parliamentary panel may recommend govt for action on monitoring crypto

The panel is currently preparing its report for submission to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha

RBI backs blockchain technology, remains cautious on crypto: Guv Malhotra

Sanjay Malhotra said RBI supports distributed ledger technology and tokenisation but remains wary of crypto assets over concerns about sovereignty, policy and capital flows in emerging economies

Who is Adam Back, the Bitcoin pioneer behind Blockstream and Liquid?

Adam Back, a British cryptographer and one of the early figures in Bitcoin's history, has come into focus as several businesses linked to him face severe scrutiny

Bitcoin leads cryptocurrency back above $3 trillion as risky bets grow

The market has added more than $740 billion in value since the US Treasury's announcement last month that it would increase buybacks of long-dated bonds, according to CoinGecko data

Trump backs new ethics rules to push crypto bill, but it may not be enough

Republicans say Trump agreed to provisions restricting politicians' crypto dealings as the Senate prepares to vote on the Clarity Act governing the $2.3 trillion market

FIU issues notice to 15 crypto service providers, asks to take down URLs

The finance ministry said as part of compliance action against non-compliant entities, FIU-IND has issued notices to 15 VDA SPs for non-compliance under Section 13 of the PMLA

Bitcoin hack drains $320 mn from crypto network in latest security breach

Roughly 4,000 of the 4,200 Bitcoin held in a wallet used by Liquid Network were taken, the platform operator said

WazirX launches AI trading assistant for crypto research, trade execution

The AI assistant follows an 'Ask-Understand-Decide' model, coordinating market-data, technical-analysis, portfolio and order-management functions across multi-step requests