Proposes Indian Legislation to Impose Heavy Crypto Regulations

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India is currently in the middle of reviewing an old legislation according to which all crypto-related businesses are to be regulated and potentially banned.

This Wednesday, Bloomberg Quint reporter that the local official, including government workers and regulators, are inspecting the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, introduced during the last parliamentary session.

Three main crypto-related issues are discussed in the bill:

• The question of whether to impose a full-scale crypto ban;
• The alternative of a ban: a heavily regulated sector;
• Yet another alternative, sub-divided crypto activities into legal and illegal operations.

Reports suggest that that the government is planning to form a new panel to evaluate the digital coin industry, replacing the old panel.

For now, India is yet to go into a full-scale ban mode on most crypto assets, much as Thailand did.

Meanwhile, Indian lenders have turned against the crypto industry, in a hostile move against it, by denying services to all crypto exchanges. The central bank has since then intervened by stating that the local regulators permit banks to take in crypto-using clients.

There is nothing official yet, however, we do know that the government and regulatory officials are going through the bill one clause at a time, taking their time to confer with experts.
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This has been brewing in India for ages now but nothing ever seems to get decided for certain. The situation seems exhausting.

 

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This has been brewing in India for ages now but nothing ever seems to get decided for certain. The situation seems exhausting.

This is a frequent issue in the crypto sphere in general. I imagine it's a challenge for regulators to make a decision, there are so many things we don't know yet about how cryptos will affect the economy. But it does get exhausting sometimes, so many "bad news" come to light, and they often don't lead anywhere.

 

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I agree. This is what bothers me about cryptos, so much is uncertain at this stage.