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Indian Finance Minister: Crypto Ban, Regulation Effective Only With Significant International Collaboration

India’s finance minister has informed parliament that the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), wants cryptocurrencies to be prohibited. However, she noted that “any legislation for regulation or…

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Argentinian Senate Passes Bill That Would Tax Assets Held in Foreign Countries, Including Crypto

The Argentinian Senate has approved a bill that would allow the government to tax non-declared assets held in foreign countries by citizens of the country. This includes stocks, properties, bonds,…

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US Senators Working on Broad-Based Crypto Regulation

Two U.S. senators are working on a bipartisan, broad-based regulatory framework for cryptocurrency. “The work we’re doing is going to be a very complex and intensive review of the different…

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Member of St. Maarten’s Parliament Plans to Have His Entire Salary Paid in Bitcoin Cash

On Saturday, the leader of the United People’s Party and member of St. Maarten’s Parliament, Rolando Brison, announced that he’s become the first elected official to request his entire salary…

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Indian Government Consulting With Central Bank RBI on Crypto — ‘There Is Complete Harmony’

The Indian government is consulting with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on crypto policies. According to the finance minister, the government and the central bank are in “complete harmony”…

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Prime Minister Modi’s Twitter Account Hacked — Tweets Bitcoin Legal Tender in India, Government Giving Away BTC

The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was compromised and a tweet was posted claiming that the government of India has adopted bitcoin as legal tender and purchased…

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Indian Prime Minister Modi Tells President Biden’s Summit: Cryptocurrency Should Be Used to Empower Democracy

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about cryptocurrency at a recent Summit for Democracy hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden. He called for global collaboration on cryptocurrencies “so that they…

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India to Impose Ban on Crypto Payments, Deadline for Declaring Crypto Assets, KYC Rules: Report

The Indian government has reportedly proposed banning the use of cryptocurrency for payments and setting a deadline for investors to declare their crypto holdings. Violators may be arrested without a…

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Ban or No Ban: Conflicting Reports on Crypto Regulation Coming Out of India

Ever since the Indian government listed a cryptocurrency bill to be taken up in parliament during the upcoming session that starts next week, much debate has transpired about whether the…

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