Monthly Archives: June 2021

Struggling with poverty, will Bitcoin be El Salvador’s pass

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s populist, social media-savvy president, has bedazzled the ruby-red laser eyes that dot the Twitter profiles of Bitcoin fanatics. They’re cheering his decision earlier this month to hitch his country’s wagon to the cryptocurrency. Beyond the true believers, however, the reception has been chillier. And that’s what should be on his mind….

China’s cryptocurrency-mining crackdown spreads to Yunnan i

China’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies has spread to the country’s southwest with a campaign against misuse of electricity by bitcoin miners in Yunnan province, local media reported on Saturday. In addition to concerns about the huge amounts of energy needed for the computing power to create cryptocurrencies, the central government is also concerned about speculation after…

Enforcement Directorate issues notice to WazirX, directors over F

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), in line with its current focus on crypto exchanges and money laundering, on Friday issued show-cause notice to WazirX and its directors Nischal Shetty and Sameer Hanuman Mhatre for allegedly violating foreign exchange laws involving crypto transactions of Rs 2,790 crore. “The agency has found evidence of non-compliance with forex rules…

ED sends notice to crypto exchange WazirX for Rs 2,791-cr transac

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has issued a show cause notice to the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange for undertaking transactions worth over Rs 2,790 crore in alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). WazirX, registered under the company named Zanmai Labs Pvt Ltd, was incorporated in December, 2017 as a domestic…