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Virgil Griffith was warned against attending a crypto conference in North Korea but he refused to heed the warning.

A branch of the Reserve Bank of India refused to accept Coinbase as a trading partner, leaving the firm stuck.

The financial services platform will now allow users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies via its app. 

Terraform Labs and LongHash Ventures have joined forces to “accelerate and invest in the next generation of Web3 protocols on the Terra blockchain.”

Continued global unrest may be a crucial factor in a sell-off affecting both stocks and crypto as the chance of Russia defaulting rises to 99%

Market watchdogs now have a tight grip over crypto in the country.

The digital yuan continues its expansion in China, adding 11 more cities and regions, totaling 23 cities, to the list of pilot test areas. Most notably, trials will begin in Guangzhou where the Asian Games will be held later this year.

Crypto stakeholders are predicting that the 1% tax on every transaction will affect liquidity within the sector.

Tapping into India's software talent to fuel a global expansion.

Indonesia will impose a 0.1% Value Added Tax that will be deductible at the source on all crypto transactions in the country.

An ex-chief minister of India is urging the government to make crypto taxation even stricter to further discourage people from participating in the industry.

Amazon India tweeted that "something new is on the horizon" with Decentraland.

Chinese official had previously stated that the NFT space was dominated by hype and urged government to regulate the space.

A total of 65,000 new documents have been issued using Polygon-based blockchain platform LegitDoc.

As part of the attack, an unknown hacker managed to gain control over four of Ronin Network's validator nodes.

Due to legal requirements, Coinbase will ask for additional information before issuing crypto transactions to Canada, Japan and Singapore.

Mandiant, a cybersecurity company which was recently acquired by Google, released a report detailing some of North Korea's cyber operations and how the country is using hackers to raise money via theft of crypto assets.

Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa will be participating in the multi-CBDC platform pilot led by the Bank of International Settlements.