KuCoin Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay Nearly 0 Million in US Crypto Case

KuCoin Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay Nearly $300 Million in US Crypto Case

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates KuCoin, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, pleaded guilty on Monday to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, and agreed to more than $297 million (roughly Rs. 2,570 crore) in fines and forfeiture, the US Department of Justice said. Peken Global Ltd, which…

ZebPay Marks a Decade in India’s Crypto Landscape, Sets Sights on Expanding Retail Market Share  

ZebPay Marks a Decade in India’s Crypto Landscape, Sets Sights on Expanding Retail Market Share  

On Monday, October 21, India’s crypto exchange ZebPay announced it has reached a milestone of ten years in the country’s crypto industry. Over the past decade, the platform said it had garnered six million registered users and surpassed $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,407 crore) in trade volume by 2017. As…

WazirX Opens INR Balance Withdrawals, Users Can Access 66 Percent of Funds

WazirX Opens INR Balance Withdrawals, Users Can Access 66 Percent of Funds

Indian crypto exchange WazirX, that was hacked for over $230 million (roughly Rs. 1,928 crore) on July 18, is moving ahead with resuming some services on its platform after more than a month of suspension. In a statement released over the weekend, the exchange said it was resuming INR withdrawals…

WazirX Opens INR Balance Withdrawals, Users Can Access 66 Percent of Funds

WazirX to Reset User Portfolios to Pre-Hack Status: All Trades Post July 18 to Be Nullified

WazirX, the Indian crypto exchange that recently faced a significant hack, resulting in the loss of nearly half of its reserves, has requested its users to allow a few more days for balance restoration. In its latest update, the Mumbai-based exchange provided further details on its recovery plan. WazirX will…

Binance Reaffirms Commitment to Indian Laws Following Significant GST Notice

Binance Reaffirms Commitment to Indian Laws Following Significant GST Notice

Binance is currently staring at a GST payment of Rs. 772 crore in India. In an official statement shared with Gadgets360, the crypto exchange once again repeated its intentions of striving to comply with Indian laws after this fresh run-in with the country’s Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI). Earlier…

Dubai-Based ByBit Adds Support for eRupee CBDC Following Feedback from Indian Merchants

Dubai-Based ByBit Adds Support for eRupee CBDC Following Feedback from Indian Merchants

Dubai-based ByBit crypto exchange has announced the integration of the eRupee CBDC with its peer-to-peer (P2P) transaction service. In an official statement, the exchange said it has received multiple requests from Indian merchants urging support for eRupee transactions. Since the eRupee is India’s RBI-issued digital currency, the merchants dealing in…

WazirX Hit With Security Breach With 4.9 Million Said to Be at Stake; Withdrawals, Deposits Halted

WazirX Hit With Security Breach With $234.9 Million Said to Be at Stake; Withdrawals, Deposits Halted

WazirX crypto exchange confirmed Thursday that one of its multi-signature wallets had suffered a security breach. The Indian exchange was first informed about a possible breach by security firm Cyvers Alerts through a post on X. Cyvers, in its post, noted that a sum of $234.9 million (roughly Rs. 1,965…

Bitget Working With FIU-IND to Obtain Licensing to Operate in ‘Key Market’ India

Bitget Working With FIU-IND to Obtain Licensing to Operate in ‘Key Market’ India

Bitget has confirmed that it is working with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to become a registered crypto firm in the country. In a press release issued on Wednesday, Bitget called India a ‘key market’ and said that the country’s crypto market has shown significant growth in recent times. Founded…

Mastercard Introduces New Initiative to Simplify Crypto Transactions and Curb User Errors

Mastercard Introduces New Initiative to Simplify Crypto Transactions and Curb User Errors

Mastercard is exploring ways to simplify crypto transactions, which could lead to the mass adoption of these digital assets for day-to-day businesses. The US-based cards payments giant has introduced a new initiative to assess the use of its Crypto Credential programme. The aim of this programme is to ensure that…

OKX Joins Forces with JamboPhone to Push Web3 Adoption, Compete with Solana Saga

OKX Joins Forces with JamboPhone to Push Web3 Adoption, Compete with Solana Saga

The OKX crypto exchange recently announced a partnership with Jambo, a Web3-enabled smartphone brand. Through this partnership, both the brands are looking to push the Web3-backed digital economy in smartphone-friendly emerging markets. While Web3 and smartphones – both of which make for individually recognised markets in themselves — their integration…