Researcher-authored evidence note
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  "source_id": "V2-14-010",
  "url": "https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/187/AU5805_lMTYNK.pdf?source=pqals",
  "title": "Lok Sabha Unstarred Question5805 — Regulation of Virtual Digital Assets",
  "publisher": "Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs",
  "source_type": "other_primary",
  "entity_names": [
    "Peken Global Limited",
    "Nest Services Limited (Earlier Binance International Limited)",
    "Bybit Fintech Limited",
    "Coinbase India Private Limited"
  ],
  "platform_ids": [
    "kucoin-global",
    "binance-global",
    "bybit-global",
    "coinbase-global"
  ],
  "document_date": "2026-03-30",
  "effective_from": null,
  "effective_to": null,
  "observed_date": "2026-10-31",
  "observed_at": null,
  "reading_depth": "direct_relevant_sections",
  "retrieval_status": "readable_web_pdf_text",
  "section_locator": "PDF pp.1–2 answer(a),(c)–(f); pp.3–4 AnnexureI especially rows41,47–49; pp.5–6 AnnexureII",
  "official_domain_basis": "Official public body domain; no issuer substitution",
  "recorded_claim_summary": "Parliamentary answer30March2026 identifies54 FIU reporting entities as of9March2026. AnnexureI names PekenGlobal/KuCoin(row41), NestServicesLimited(formerlyBinanceInternationalLimited)/Binance(row47), BybitFintechLimited/Bybit(row48), and CoinbaseIndiaPrivateLimited/Coinbase(row49). Answer(f) explains that AML/CFT registration does not mean government licensing, approval or endorsement. AnnexureII lists53 takedown directions but does not date each direction.",
  "scope_limits": "9March is the registration snapshot;30March is the answer date;31October is the read date. No inference of October status or present effective block from undated AnnexureII. India NestServicesLimited/Seychelles is not identified as ADGM NestExchangeLimited solely because of overlapping former names. No company numbers or registration dates shown in these rows. Document was read as extracted text; screenshot tool did not return an actual image; no claim of visual validation or retained rawPDF.",
  "authority_role": "government_parliamentary_answer",
  "originating_publisher": "Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs",
  "hosting_organisation": "Parliament of India (Sansad)",
  "observation_precision": "date",
  "as_of_date": "2026-03-09",
  "raw_document_retained": false,
  "discovery_route": "Secondary page used only to locate direct sansad.in link; substantive facts verified in government PDF",
  "download_result": "Ordinary local request failed DNS; web parser supplied text of6pages",
  "matched_rows": [
    {
      "row": 41,
      "entity": "Peken Global Limited",
      "trade_name": "KuCoin",
      "country_as_printed": "Seychelles"
    },
    {
      "row": 47,
      "entity": "Nest Services Limited (Earlier Binance International Limited)",
      "trade_name": "Binance",
      "country_as_printed": "Seychelles"
    },
    {
      "row": 48,
      "entity": "Bybit Fintech Limited",
      "trade_name": "Bybit",
      "country_as_printed": "Seychelles"
    },
    {
      "row": 49,
      "entity": "Coinbase India Private Limited",
      "trade_name": "Coinbase",
      "country_as_printed": "India (Linked to Global Coinbase)"
    }
  ]
}
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