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India to Give Clarity on Tax Provision Within Two Months: Sources

The 1% tax deducted at source has been the biggest pain point in the new tax rules for India's crypto industry.

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Brazilian Senate Plenary Approves Bill Regulating Crypto Transactions

The bill will be voted on by the Chamber of Deputies and, if approved, can be vetoed by the executive branch.

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Panamanian Legislative Assembly’s Committee Approves Bill Regulating Crypto

The legislation must now go through two more rounds of debate before making it to the president’s desk.

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Bahamas to Allow Citizens to Pay Taxes With Digital Assets

Residents will also be able to access digital assets with the sand dollar, the country's official digital currency.

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Germany's Commerzbank Applies for Local Crypto License

If the license application is accepted, the bank would be authorized to offer exchange and crypto-asset services.

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Indian Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Raises Over $135M in New Funding Round

The raise brings CoinDCX's valuation to more than $2 billion, said co-founder and Chief Executive Sumit Gupta.

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Will Biden’s Executive Order Smash Barriers to Crypto?

The digital assets industry is generally positive about the move, which could lead to a coordinated government approach to regulating crypto.

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Some Indian Payment Processors Cut Off Local Crypto Exchanges

The moves follow a new tax on crypto profits and come as regulators pressure the payments companies, sources say.

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Cynthia Lummis: Senator, Hodler

The Wyoming senator, a speaker at CoinDesk's Consensus festival, holds plenty of BTC and champions crypto whenever she can.

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Chinese Banking Associations Target NFTs

As the market heats up, the tokens are increasingly under the microscope in China.

China's crypto crackdown put digital-asset traders on the defensive. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)