more now from new york with samira hussain. in these latest charges, the sec said coinbase acted as a broker, exchange and clearing agency for investments that are subject to sec rules but they did so without properly registering, and that, the regulator said, allowed the firm to escape oversight, including guards against conflicts of interest. the charges against coinbase were not a surprise. as a publicly traded companyit disclosed in march of this year that the sec had notified it that these charges may be coming. in response, coinbase said the rules were not clear. testifying on capitol hill tuesday the chief legal officer for coinbase said it try to get new rules in place for crypto platforms like theirs, but got no response from the sec. since that time, we have had over 30 engagements with the sec to try to work towards a sensible framework for regulation that would allow, for example, the registration of platforms as either broker dealers or atss, or a national securi
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​Access to websites of top global cryptocurrency exchanges and virtual digital asset service providers such as Binance, Kucoin, OKX, and others, were blocked in India on Friday.
The government may ban offshore cryptocurrency dealing apps like Binance in India if found guilty under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The finance ministry has issued show-cause notices to these digital wallets, but a more extensive probe is underway.