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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Major Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch has laid off some members of its customer support team amid uncertain crypto regulation and stringent crypto taxation. CoinSwitch, a crypto exchange backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase Ventures, has axed 44
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The CoinSwitch crypto exchange is the latest crypto trading platform in India that cut its workforce amid the prolonged cryptocurrency winter, the local news agency Moneycontrol reported on Aug. 28.The crypto exchange reportedly laid off 44 employees from its customer support division in August, citing redundancy in roles amid the
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India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at five premises linked to popular cryptocurrency trading platform Coinswitch Kuber. The company says its engagement with the ED was not related to any money laundering inquiry. The federal agency recently froze the assets of two other crypto firms, Wazirx and Vauld. Coinswitch Kuber
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Twice in the Twitter thread, CoinSwitch Kuber CEO Ashish Singhal sought to clarify that the "engagement with the ED" is not about money laundering. CryptoX has reported the searches have been in connection with India's Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). Source
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Major Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch Kuber had five of its premises searched by anti-money laundering agents on Thursday over alleged violations of forex laws. According to an Aug. 25 report from Bloomberg, India’s Enforcement Directorate searched CoinSwitch Kuber’s offices as well as the residences of its directors and CEO Ashish Singhal.
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"We are looking into multiple possible contraventions under FEMA and other entities that are connected to it," the official said. "Since we did not receive the desired cooperation we have conducted searches on (residences) of Directors, the CEO and the official premises (of the exchange)." Original Source
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The Crypto Rupee Index (CRE8) will track the performance of Indian Rupee based on the crypto market. Source
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