The Indian Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Government to share its view on cryptocurrency within two weeks. The court is addressing the multitude of petitions filed by digital currency operators against the central bank’s anti-crypto circular. India is Two Weeks Away from Ending Policy Confusion over Crypto As Supreme Court Demands Clarification The Reserve…
The courtroom battle between India’s bitcoin exchanges and the central bank appears to go in favor of the former. In a hearing today, the Supreme Court judge asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that why it chose to ban bitcoin trading when it could regulate it. The judge compared the cryptocurrency trading market to…
Holding or trading cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is not banned in India, union minister Anurag Singh Thakur told the upper house of Indian parliament. The Minister of State to Ministry of Finance said the issues of permitting the trading of/in cryptocurrencies remains under examination of a government-appointed interministerial committee. He stressed that the Reserve Bank of…
India’s central bank wants to restore its crypto trading ban in the country, according to sources cited by Economic Times.The regional media house reported earlier Friday that the Reserve Bank of India is preparing to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against a ruling that effectively unbanned cryptocurrency trading in the country. RBI…
Bitcoin drop 7.4 percent Reserve Bank of India could get a boost with the latest draft bill proposing more stringent measures against crypto investors and developers. Yesterday’s FUD that India’s legislators are proposing a ban of cryptocurrency mining, trading or holding did expose RBI’s underbelly. Such punitive steps often trigger rebellion in a Streisand effect,…
The central government initially wanted to regulate the bitcoin sector but changed its stand due to objection from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), reports Business Standard. The Indian daily claimed that Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg, who was heading the interministerial committee to study cryptocurrencies, favored regulating them. He looked at bitcoin as an…
This morning, the cryptocurrency market saw a significant headline that caused Dogecoin’s price action to drop. The Indian Central Bank came out with firm rejection against adopting cryptocurrencies in the country. There was an announcement from India’s Central Bank (RBI) calling cryptocurrencies “a tool which will wreak havoc on our economy.” Related Reading | What’s…