India is reportedly not going to issue a blanket ban on cryptocurrencies, but may label them as commodities, according to a source familiar with the situation. In a report from Quartz, a senior government official, who requested anonymity, stated that they don’t think the panel set up to look into digital currencies ‘is really thinking […]
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An anonymous source in the government told news outlet Quartz that the Indian government is not planning to ban crypto, but rather will treat it as commodity
The saga surrounding the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) cryptocurrency ban continues to take the crypto-sphere by storm. One minute the ban seems well embedded and the whole industry is grinding to a halt and the next, India are set to reverse all mention of the RBI’s decision.
The Indian government is reportedly looking to form a new “panel of experts” to focus on ways to regulate the cryptocurrency industry in the country. “There is a view within the government that the recommendations made by Subhash Garg are dated and a fresh look is needed at use of cryptos rather than a total […]
Former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg, who headed the committee that drafted India’s cryptocurrency bill, says that the government should not ban cryptocurrencies but regulate them instead.
Subhash Chandra Garg, former Finance and Economic Affairs Secretary of India, has told the Indian crypto community that crypto assets should be regulated as commodities. However, he stands by his draft crypto bill that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies should be outlawed.