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Tether Holdings, issuer of the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, on Wednesday reported a $5.2 billion profit and a massive stash of U.S. Treasurys in the first half of the year in its latest attestation report.

offshore crypto holdings and transactions will increasingly become visible to tax authorities through automatic cross-border data sharing.The development comes against the backdrop of India’s crypto tax regime introduced in the Union budget 2022 that imposed a 30% tax on gains from virtual digital assets and a 1% tax deducted at source (TDS) on transactions. The high tax and compliance burden is nudging many traders to shift activity offshore, making cross-border reporting frameworks increasingly important.Before these regulations, the reporting structure for crypto was fragmented and voluntary.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The GIFT City regulator has started asking inactive companies to voluntarily surrender their licences if they do not intend to start a business, according to three people in the know, as India seeks to ensure the international finance hub is not reduced to a paper address. “Entities that remain inactive have been asked about their plans and, where there is no clear intent to operate, they may be persuaded to voluntarily surrender the license," said an official, one of the three people quoted earlier, on the condition of anonymity.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. government has tried to address the long decline in stock-exchange listings by relaxing the rules for small public companies.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Over the last six months, the stock of Narayana Hrudayalaya has risen by over 30% against an 8.3% decline in the Sensex, outperforming the benchmark index by a wide margin. The stock has also been an outlier amid the recent correction, bucking the trend.

Cayman Islands, at 6:23 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, according to the USGS. The quake, occurring in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, had a depth of 10 kilometres. Its epicentre was located 209 kilometres south-southwest of George Town in the Cayman Islands.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into India have crossed the USD one trillion milestone in the April 2000-September 2024 period, firmly establishing the country's reputation as a safe and key investment destination globally. According to data from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the cumulative amount of FDI, including equity, reinvested earnings and other capital, stood at USD 1,033.40 billion during the said period. About 25 per cent of the FDI came through the Mauritius route. It was followed by Singapore (24 per cent), the US (10 per cent), the Netherlands (7 per cent), Japan (6 per cent), the UK (5 per cent), UAE (3 per cent) and Cayman Islands, Germany and Cyprus accounted for 2 per cent each. India received USD 177.18 billion from Mauritius, USD 167.47 billion from Singapore and USD 67.8 billion from the US during the period under review, as per the data.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DUBLIN : The Irish government is rolling in clover like never before. The country currently has so much money it pumps cash into not one but two sovereign-wealth funds.

Foreign direct investment in India jumped 47.8 per cent to USD 16.17 billion in April-June this fiscal on healthy inflows in services, computer, telecom and pharma sectors, according to government data. FDI inflows were at USD 10.94 billion in April-June 2023-24. The data showed that overseas inflows in May rose to USD 5.85 billion and in June to USD 5.41 billion from USD 2.67 billion and USD 3.16 billion, respectively, in the year-ago period. In April, FDI inflows were down marginally at USD 4.91 billion against USD 5.1 billion in April 2023.

Self-driving technology company WeRide delayed its plan for an initial public offering in the U.S., citing its need for more time to complete documents.

India's holding of US government securities touched a high of USD 241.9 billion in June as the country continued to increase its exposure for the third straight month. Japan was the top holder with securities worth over USD 1.11 trillion followed by China at the second spot with a holding valued at USD 780.2 billion in June, according to the latest data released by the US Treasury Department. At the third place was the United Kingdom with an exposure of USD 741.5 billion ahead of Luxembourg at the fourth position with a holding to the tune of USD 384.2 billion. Among the countries and jurisdictions, India was at the 12th place owning American government securities worth USD 241.9 billion in June, higher than USD 237.8 billion value recorded in May.

Hedge funds, pensions and banks continued to lavish capital into exchange-traded funds that invest directly in Bitcoin, as more traditional investors embrace the asset class that US regulators begrudgingly helped push into the mainstream at the beginning of the year. Among the most well-known buyers that have emerged are hedge funds like Millennium Management, which held shares in at least five Bitcoin ETFs, according to a Bloomberg analysis of second-quarter filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm, which has $68 billion in assets under management, trimmed its stakes in the ETFs significantly from the prior quarter but remained as the top holder for most of the funds, including BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust.

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Federal food safety officials say three people have now died in a listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats

Global crypto exchange behemoth Binance is reportedly facing goods and service tax (GST) issues in India, according to sources.

Tether has reported a net profit of $5.2 billion for the first half of 2024, driven by strong revenue from traditional asset investments.

A recall of Boar's Head products has expanded to include a whopping 7 million additional pounds of deli and poultry items in a deadly multistate outbreak of listeria infections.

Hurricane Beryl is roaring toward Jamaica as islanders scramble to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least two people.

Asset management companies (AMCs) in Gift City, Ahmedabad, are set for a major boost following a crucial regulatory change by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). By eliminating the restrictive 50% cap on investments from Indians abroad in India-focused funds, Sebi has removed a significant hurdle that has long impeded the growth potential of these funds. For years, AMCs faced a stringent requirement: for every dollar accepted from non-resident Indians (NRIs) and overseas citizens of India (OCIs), an equivalent dollar had to be sourced from foreign investors.

Brainbees Solutions Ltd, the parent firm of online e-commerce platform FirstCry, has re-filed preliminary papers with Sebi to raise funds through an initial public offering, an update with the markets regulator showed on Monday. This came after the regulator directed the company to re-file the draft papers citing insufficient disclosure of key performance indicators (KPIs), market sources said. The company's key performance indicators include its number of orders, average order value and annual transacting customers.