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Indian Enforcement Directorate froze account balances of various Chinese-controlled entities. The companies were alleged of misusing token app-based token HPZ. Total funds withheld is Rs. 56.49 Crore, equivalent to $6,935,554.10....

ZachXBT accuses Lark Davis of “pumping-and-dumping.” The on-chain sleuth suspects Davis profited with over $1.2 million by selling tokens from new crypto projects. Davis claims to be innocent; the amount...

Text messages reveal that Sam Bankman-Fried was interested in buying Twitter. More evidence shows that Bankman-Fried was willing to give $5 billion for a joint deal with Elon Musk. The...

BlackRock launches a new exchange-traded fund. This comes few months after it launched an ETF that hasn’t been very successful. Coinbase and Marathon Digital are included in the previous ETF....

Kazakhstan’s President says the country is ready to officially legalize crypto. The country approved Binance to establish a headquarters. Binance thinks Kazakhstan is a pioneer in Central Asia crypto adoption....

Interbank messaging system SWIFT has announced that it is working with Chainlink. The announcement was revealed at the SmartCon 2022 Conference in New York. “I am very happy that we...

Robin Market Inc. Strategically Partners with Circle, a Fintech and coin issuer firm. “Circle’s mission to raise global economic prosperity aligns very closely with our efforts,” says Robinhood GM. Robinhood...

Central banks collaborate with the BIS for project Icebreaker. Head of BIS says these learnings will be invaluable to banks trying to implement CBDC for cross-border payments. The architecture will...

MetaMask has launched a Beta Portfolio Dapp for a richer user experience. The new dapp will give users one-stop access to their multiple accounts and assets. The Portfolio Dapp will...

DFPI issued desist and refrain orders against 11 different crypto firms. The 11 crypto firms allegedly violated Californian securities laws. The companies used investors’ funds to pay purported profits to...

ACDC announced the raising of $8 million in Series A funding. The program was organized by Galaxy digital and Polychain Capital. The funding aims at supporting their second Texas mining...

Qualcomm partners with Telefonica to leverage extended reality. The collaboration opens up new possibilities for both companies. “XR will redefine the way we live, work and socialize,” says the vice...

Wintermute suffered a $160 million hack on September 20. Crypto sleuth James Edwards claims that the hack is an inside job. However, Wintermute has not yet responded to the claims....

ECB member Fabio Panetta reveals that the European central bank is considering the digital euro. Transactions between banks will be settled using the digital euro. Five different companies are collaborating...

Chinese police officers have cracked a $5.5 billion money laundering case. The police arrested 93 suspects connected to the case. Cases involving electronic fraud have exceeded 300 in past few...

CEO of LBRY says that the SEC is out to damage and destroy crypto in the U.S. Kaufman’s T-shirts portray more than what his words could. SEC Chairman says that...

A Chinese Province has outlawed crypto mining for data centers. China is building data centers in its western region to process data from the more wealthy eastern provinces. Qingyang plans...

White House’s Energy Policy Advisor to give an interview on climate reports and it’s implications on crypto, to Bloomberg. The interview will discuss how crypto could hurt US climate efforts....

South Korean authorities raided Woori Bank’s headquarters. A local news agency says that the accused were running phantom companies. Fraudsters are believed to have tried to exploit “Kimchi Premium”. Citing...

One of Japan’s oldest banks, Nomura Holdings, has entered the virtual assets market with the name Laser Digital. Laser Digital will focus on secondary trading, venture capital, and investor products....

CSAO is the third largest crypto market in Chainalysis’s crypto adoption index, this year. Citizens of CSAO countries received $932 billion in crypto value from July 2021 to June 2022....

Crypto tax management platform Binocs has raised $4 million in funding. The funding was led by BEENEXT and multiple other institutions. The funds will be used towards the firm’s global...

Colorado Department of Revenue now accepts cryptocurrency for tax payments. Governor of Colorado said that Colorado is tech-forward to meet the changing needs of businesses and residents. Paypal charges $1...

Arbitrum has rewarded a white hat hacker for discovering a vulnerability in its payment code. The hacker has been rewarded 400 ETH. Arbitrum saw daily transactions hitting an all-time high...

US attorney charges 47 defendants for their alleged involvement in a fraud scheme. The Feeding Our Future fraud scheme was worth $250 million. It is considered one of the largest...