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Crypto wrap: Market continues to recover as total cap nears $1 trillion

There was a blip in the market on Thursday after the US agencies arrested the founder of Hong Kong-based crypto exchange Bitzlato, but it recovered on Friday

Crypto collapse brings focus to digital assets' true value: Raghuram Rajan

'The idea that somehow cryptos are going to maintain value, while the fiat currencies collapse. That's nonsense'

15 mn Bitcoin stagnant in past 6 months amid cryptocurrency winter

In a significant concern for many in the cryptocurrency community amid the deepening crypto winter, the total amount of inactive Bitcoin (BTC) for at least six months has grown to over 15 million

As crypto winter deepens, NFT marketplace SuperRare cuts 30% of workforce

SuperRare raised $9 million in its Series A funding in March 2021, led by Velvet Sea Ventures and 1confirmation

Indian crypto exchange trade down by Rs 32k cr since 30% tax kicked in

The current tax architecture may lead to a loss of approximately Rs 99.3 trillion of local exchange trade volume in the next four years, says the study by The Esya Centre

International regulation needed for crypto activities, says Reserve Bank

Noting that there is turmoil in crypto assets market, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has suggested a framework for international regulation of such crypto activities

Anonymous Twitter user leaks API keys of crypto trading service 3Commas

More than 10,000 of the keys were released by the leaker who the rest "will be published full [sic] randomly in the upcoming days", CoinDesk reported

'Important to arrive at a common international approach to crypto': RBI

Financial Stability Report: The FTX turmoil, RBI said, revealed that crypto is highly volatile, exhibits high correlations with equities and does not act as a hedge against inflation

Crypto wrap: Central banks' commentary on inflation keeping market weak

Cryptocurrency news: Both Bitcoin and Ethereum have been trading below crucial support levels

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried allowed $250 million bond, house arrest

The cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried can post USD 250 million bond and live in his parents' home in California while he awaits trial on charges that he swindled investors and looted customer deposits on his FTX trading platform, a judge said on Thursday. Assistant US Attorney Nicolas Roos said in US District Court in Manhattan that Bankman-Fried, 30, perpetrated a fraud of epic proportions. Roos proposed strict bail terms, including a USD 250 million bond and house arrest at his parents' home in Palo Alto, California. An important reason for allowing bail was that Bankman-Fried agreed to waive extradition, Roos said. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein agreed to the bond and also approved the house arrest proposal. He also said Bankman-Fried would be required to get an electronic monitoring bracelet before leaving the Manhattan courthouse. Bankman-Fried wore a suit and tie in court and sat between his attorneys. Two US marshals sat behind him. Bankman-Fried, arrest

More crypto miners to fall after Core Scientific bankruptcy, say experts

Bitcoin halving among primary reasons that may lead to more firms shutting down

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to fly to US today, escorted by FBI agents

Sam Bankman-Fried signed his surrender documents on Tuesday, he will sign a separate set of papers finalising his waiver of rights to fight extradition

ED attaches Rs 907 crore worth assets of crypto exchanges under PMLA

The Enforcement Directorate has attached proceeds of crime worth Rs 907 crore and arrested three persons in cases related to money laundering by crypto exchanges, Parliament was informed on Monday. Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said Central GST officers have detected Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion worth Rs 87.60 crore by 12 crypto exchanges. Recovery of Rs 110.97 crore, including interest and penalty, has been made. The minister said further investigation is under process in eight cases and four cases are closed on payment of tax along with interest and penalty. Further, in case of crypto exchange Zanmai Labs Pvt Ltd, known as WazirX, assets worth Rs 289.68 crore have been seized from the exchange and its Directors for violation of the provisions of the foreign exchange management act (FEMA), Chaudhary said. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the minister said the Directorate of Enforcement is investigating several cases related to crypto .

After Binance, crypto exchange CoinDCX publishes Proof of Reserves

The company said that it intends to post its PoR every quarter and will soon launch a live dashboard to show its reserves and liabilities in real-time for investors

Women above 41 more active in crypto trading than men in India: Report

Women from West Bengal, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were involved in the most crypto trades on the platform: Crypto exchange WazirX

Sam Bankman-Fried's political donations under US scanner: Report

The disgraced cryptocurrency entrepreneur, whose empire made him a billionaire before it collapsed and he was arrested, was a major political donor

Crypto wrap: Macro indicators improve, market stable despite Fed rate hike

On December 15, after the US inflation of 7.1 per cent for November was announced, Bitcoin touched its five-week high of $18,400

CoinSwitch to foray into wealth tech, launches new logo, mobile app

CoinSwitch is expected to launch its new products by 2023 to become the first Indian crypto company to diversify into other asset classes

Senate crypto hearing yields big claims, possible regulation in US

Whether increased regulation would have prevented the spectacular collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX was fiercely debated at a hearing of the Senate's banking committee Wednesday. However, new legislation is potentially on the way. Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced at the hearing bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on cryptocurrencies being used in money laundering. The legislation, co-sponsored by Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas, would require cryptocurrency exchanges to verify customer identities like banks and other financial institutions do. Crypto has become the preferred tool for terrorists, for ransomware gangs, for drug dealers and for rogue states that want to launder money, said Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat, adding that crypto doesn't get a pass to help the world's worst criminals no matter how many television ads they run or how many political contributions they make. Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis, of Wyoming, said she and Democratic Sen. ...

How a software change let Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX use client funds

That tweak in the code got the attention of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and charged Bankman-Fried with fraud