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The call for reducing Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) on crypto transactions is intensifying among the crypto ecosystem players in India. A TDS of 1% on virtual digital assets has been approved by the Union budget 2022-23. Terming this too high as it can drive traders away from the market and hurt volumes, industry representatives are demanding to bring it down in the range of 0.01% to 0.05%.  Unocoin, CoinDCX CEOs Call for TDS Reduction Sathvik Vishwanath, co-founder and CEO...

Ajeet Khurana is a crypto expert looking to bring positive change to the digital currency world of India. Ajeet Khurana Discusses India’s Crypto Future The nation has continued to have a very rocky relationship with crypto and apparently cannot decide if digital currency activity should be banned. Not long ago, Khurana offered an interview about the development of crypto in the nation and where he thinks the future of the space is headed. Khurana started off by talking...

Cross Tower – a cryptocurrency exchange in India – regulates trading and investing in crypto for institutions. Not long ago, the company launched a set of over the counter (OTC) services, hoping to help high net-worth individuals to get involved in this growing space. Cross Tower Is a Leading Crypto Exchange in India Vikas Ahuja is the chief executive officer of Cross Tower. In a recent interview, he talked about how the company is planning to grow despite the crypto...

Binance is looking to create several educational programs for crypto traders in India. The world’s largest and most popular crypto exchange by daily trading volume is producing three key educational initiatives and will provide access to several blockchain and crypto-based learning materials. Binance Is Creating Classes for Traders in India Leon Foong – head, APAC, Binance – explained in an interview: This represents an opportunity for us to play our role in educating...

Coinbase Co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong squarely blamed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for employing “informal pressure” and denying the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services that led to Coinbase halting its trading services three days after the launch on April 7. Coinbase India Launch Experience Speaking for the first time on the issue, Armstrong explained what led to the suspension of the company’s services in India and how it plans to stage a comeback. During the...

The Indian government’s strict stance on the crypto sector seems to be gathering more steam. In the latest development, the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council reportedly plans to impose the highest 28% GST slab for crypto activities. Digital Assets at Par With Gambling Quoting unnamed sources, media reports suggested that the thinking in the GST Council is that crypto activities should be treated at par with casinos, lottery, gambling, and horse racing. All these endeavors...

Surojit Chatterjee is the chief product officer of Coinbase, one of the largest and most established crypto exchanges in the world. He recently emerged at a conference talking about India’s recent decision to implement a custom it first began roughly four years ago. It appears all banks in India are once again pulling support for crypto payments. India and Crypto… A Complicated Relationship This is very similar to what occurred in 2018. At that time, all banks in India...

India is still having a tough time deciding if it wants to allow crypto in its future or not. One of the people casting doubt on whether digital currencies have a space in the later years of India is Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who last Monday explained in an interview that money laundering is a big concern amongst her constituents. India Is Worried about Crypto Money Laundering She believes that money laundering and other illicit crimes are too big to...

Singapore-headquartered cricket NFT platform Rario has bagged $120 million in funding led by Dream Capital. The Series A funding round also saw the participation of Alpha Wave Global. Founded in 2011, Rario’s existing investors include Animoca Brands, Presight Capital, and Kingsway Capital. “We are pleased to announce that we have raised $120M Series A Funding led by Dream Capital….,” Rario tweeted on Thursday, with a link to the Rario blog where the company had put out a...

A news report suggesting that India’s hostile policy towards the digital asset sector is leading to an exodus of crypto-entrepreneurs from the country has said that Nischal Shetty and Siddharth Menon, both co-founders of WazirX, have left India along with their families for Dubai. Shetty and Menon are CEO and COO at WazirX, respectively. The Binance-operated company, the largest Indian crypto exchange by volume, is among the many local trading venues that had seen a sharp...