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India’s Central Bank RBI Says Crypto Is Prone to Fraud and Poses Immediate Risks to Consumer Protection

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India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has warned about multiple risks cryptocurrency poses to the country’s financial stability. “They are also prone to frauds and to extreme price volatility,” the apex bank claims, stressing that “cryptocurrencies pose immediate risks to customer protection and anti-money laundering (AML) / combating the financing of terrorism … Read more

India Lists Cryptocurrency Bill to Be Taken up Parliament — Crypto Legislation Expected Before Year-End

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The government of India has listed a cryptocurrency bill to be taken up in the upcoming session of parliament that starts next week. The bill seeks to prohibit cryptocurrencies with some exceptions. It will also create a facilitative framework for a digital rupee to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Indian Government … Read more

India’s Central Bank RBI Close to Digital Currency Decision as Paypal Exits Indian Payments Market

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is actively working on a digital currency and will make a decision “very soon,” the central bank has reportedly confirmed. Meanwhile, payments giant Paypal is shutting down its payment services within India. RBI Near Digital Rupee Announcement As the Indian government prepares to introduce the cryptocurrency bill that seeks … Read more

Indian Crypto Industry Launches Campaign Urging Lawmakers to Dismiss Crypto Ban Bill

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Indian crypto exchanges have pooled their resources together and launched a campaign to gain support from as many parliament members as possible about cryptocurrency regulation. The crypto bill is listed to soon be introduced in parliament. It seeks to prohibit cryptocurrencies while creating a framework for the digital rupee to be issued by the Reserve … Read more

Indian Finance Minister Addresses Crypto Proposal – Industry Responds

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India’s finance minister has broken silence and talked about the crypto draft bill and report her department is examining which propose to ban cryptocurrencies. While she views the report as “very futuristic and well-thought-out,” the crypto industry sees it as flawed and incomplete. Also read: Calls Intensify for Indian Government to Regulate Cryptocurrency Finance Minister … Read more

BIS GM Argues New Cryptos Are “the Alchemy of the Age of Innovation”

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The Bank of International Settlements (BIS), a transnational institution owned by and comprised of central banks that seeks to “fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks,” recently published its quarterly review of “International banking and financial market developments” for June 2018. The report includes an op-ed written by … Read more