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Panic Grips WazirX Users After Binance's CEO Advises Users to Move Funds
"If you have funds on WazirX, you should transfer it to Binance," Changpeng Zhao tweeted.
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Indian Government Probes Crypto Exchange WazirX Over Alleged Money Laundering, Freezes $8.14M
Indian Government Probes Crypto Exchange WazirX Over Alleged Money Laundering, Freezes $8.14M
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has raided properties related to Sameer Mhatre, a director of Mumbai-based trading platform WazirX. The government has frozen $8.14 millio...
Indian Government Probes Crypto Exchange WazirX Over Alleged Money Laundering, Freezes $8.14M

What's Next For India After Controversial 30% Crypto Tax Law
What’s Next For India After Controversial 30% Crypto Tax Law
Nischal Shetty, CEO of WazirX, one of India’s largest crypto exchanges, and CoinDesk regulatory reporter Amitoj Singh join “Community Crypto” to discuss the potential outcomes...
What's Next For India After Controversial 30% Crypto Tax Law

What to Know About India's Stiff Crypto Tax Laws
What to Know About India’s Stiff Crypto Tax Laws
Beginning April 1, Indian citizens will pay a capital gains tax of 30% on crypto transactions. “Community Crypto” host Isaiah Jackson is joined by WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty an...
What to Know About India's Stiff Crypto Tax Laws

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)
‘We Have Entered a Period of Pain,’ Says WazirX CEO of India’s New Tax Laws
Nischal Shetty, one of the most prominent figures in India’s crypto industry, talks candidly and at length about what’s at stake with the country’s new tax provisions.
WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Sanctions Expand for Belarus; Korea’s Crypto Promises
Sanctions Expand for Belarus; Korea’s Crypto Promises
EU says crypto included in sanctions against Russia and Belarus. WazirX CEO warns crypto tax to incur losses for Indian government. What can the crypto sector expect from Yoon...
Sanctions Expand for Belarus; Korea’s Crypto Promises

Could India Ban Private Cryptocurrencies?
Could India Ban Private Cryptocurrencies?
India’s biggest crypto exchange WazirX registered an annual trading volume of over $43 billion, marking a 1,735% growth over 2020, despite lingering regulatory uncertainty and...
Could India Ban Private Cryptocurrencies?

SHIB Overtakes Bitcoin as Top Traded Token in Indian Rupee Market This Week
SHIB Overtakes Bitcoin as Top Traded Token in Indian Rupee Market This Week
WazirX founder and chief operating officer Siddharth Menon discusses the rise of meme coins in India as the Shiba Inu coin has overtaken bitcoin as the top traded token in the...
SHIB Overtakes Bitcoin as Top Traded Token in Indian Rupee Market This Week

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Indian Authorities to Question Binance on Laundering of Betting Proceeds: Report
The Enforcement Directorate is investigating Chinese-operated betting apps that have collected more than $134 million over the last 10 months.
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WazirX CEO: India’s Crypto Industry 'Self-Regulating' for Lawmakers
WazirX CEO: India’s Crypto Industry ‘Self-Regulating’ for Lawmakers
India’s largest crypto exchange WazirX, which Binance acquired in 2019, has partnered with crypto-tracking software firm TRM Labs to enhance anti-fraud and anti-money launderi...
WazirX CEO: India’s Crypto Industry 'Self-Regulating' for Lawmakers