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India Parliament Panel to Question ZebPay, Binance and WazirX on VDA Regulation

India's parliamentary finance committee will meet ZebPay, Binance and WazirX on May 20 to discuss the future regulatory path for virtual digital assets. The hearing puts exchange licensing, crypto derivatives and India's tax-heavy VDA framework back on the legislative agenda.

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APAC FINSTAB analysis

For APAC operators, this creates a high-impact signal around regulation, licensing, exchange in India. Protocols/assets in scope: BTC, ETH, USDT. Named institutions or platforms: India Parliament, ZebPay, Binance, WazirX. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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