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<!-- -->Crypto traders flee Indian exchanges for Binance to escape taxesBinance Holdings Ltd.'s billionaire Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao is tightening his grip on India's market for cryptocurrency trading in the fallout from…

<!-- -->Explainer-Understanding electric Ethereum's major "Merge" upgradeEthereum, the blockchain that underpins the world's second-largest crypto token ether, will soon undergo a major software upgrade that promises to slash the…

<!-- -->US imposes sanctions on virtual currency mixer Tornado CashThe United States on Monday imposed sanctions on virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, accusing it of helping hackers, including from North Korea, to launder proceeds…

<!-- -->Top stablecoin Tether slashes commercial paper holdings amid crypto gloomTether, the world's largest stablecoin, said on Friday it had cut its commercial paper holdings by around 58 per cent as part of an earlier commitment to…

<!-- -->EU agrees rules to tame 'Wild West' crypto marketCryptocurrency companies will need a licence and customer safeguards to issue and sell digital tokens in the European Union under groundbreaking new rules agreed by the bloc to…

<!-- -->Crypto fears now materialising, central bank body BIS saysRecent implosions in the cryptocurrency markets indicate that long-warned-about dangers of decentralised digital money are now materialising, the Bank for International…

<!-- -->It's a vicious circle long familiar to those in traditional finance: trades made with borrowed money coming apart when the value of their collateral put up against the loans drops, forcing liquidations that in turn push prices…

<!-- -->Cryptos excruciating week has traders bracing for next crisisIt was one of the most dramatic weeks in the short history of the cryptocurrency market, bookended by the type of announcements investors fear the most from a…

<!-- -->Bitcoin falls below $20,000 for the first time since 2020Bitcoin dropped below $20,000 for the first time since December 2020 as evidence of deepening stress within the crypto industry keeps piling up against a backdrop of…

<!-- -->Token at the Center of Crypto Storm Becomes Arbitrage TargetAn arbitrage opportunity appears to be emerging already from the latest crypto meltdown, with traders pointing to the price disparity between Ether and a version of…