Binance-linked crypto exchange WazirX says India’s Enforcement Directorate has “unfrozen” or restarted its bank account; the ED raided its office on August 5 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India’s Enforcement Directorate searched the offices of Paytm, Razorpay, and Cashfree on Friday as part of an investigation into fraudulent Chinese loan apps  —  India’s financial crime fighting agency searched the offices of fintech unicorns Paytm and Razorpay as well as Cashfree on Friday …

Reuters:
Sources: India’s government and central bank have asked Google to help curb illegal digital lending apps several times in recent months  —  Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has been asked by the Indian government and the central bank to introduce more stringent checks to help curb the use …

Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk:
The Reserve Bank of India plans to begin testing its CBDC on November 1, with nine banks participating, and a retail version by the end of November  —  A pilot for a retail version will start within a month.  —  India’s central bank will introduce a pilot wholesale central bank digital currency …

CoinDesk:
Binance Smart Chain suspends transactions due to a bridge exploit, estimating that $100M to $110M in assets were moved off chain, of which $7M has been frozen  —  An attacker moved $100-$110 million in crypto off the Binance linked blockchain.  —  Binance Smart Chain hit the brakes Thursday …

Bloomberg:
Sources: Twitter has frozen some employee access to content moderation and policy enforcement tools, raising concerns about misinformation ahead of US midterms  —  Twitter Inc., the social network being overhauled by new owner Elon Musk, has frozen some employee access to internal tools used …

Lucía Cholakian Herrera / Rest of World:
As annual inflation nears 100% in Argentina, a look at locals’ use of Mercado Pago and other digital wallets to protect their pesos, amid scam and theft issues  —  Payment apps cushion users from a falling peso but won’t protect them from theft.  —  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA