Regulations

Story: Monitoring the Cryptocurrency Craze – Regulatory Uncertainty

By Maheen Hernandez

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Cryptocurrency consists of the likes of Bitcoin like Litecoin, Ethereum, and Ripple.  As a medium of exchange over the internet based on decentralization, transparency, and…

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At the current moment, Fintech companies are working towards making it easier to use cryptocurrency.

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There are gambling sites that deal with the only cryptocurrency.  There are some well-established sites which are already reputed and are considered secure.

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The risk exposure is considered to be the major downside with cryptocurrency.  The values of the cryptocurrency rise and fall in just a few minutes or hours literally.

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Regulatory uncertainty makes it hard to deal with the crypto. In India, the cryptocurrency industry is in the throes of uncertainty.

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The RBI has been long unsure of how to regulate it, and none of the Bitcoin millionaires of 2017 were from India.

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'Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2019' intends to ban the use of all private cryptos and suggests a blockchain-based central bank…

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Investors consider it as an avenue to diversify risk.  Governments are focusing on the ban because they want to prevent terrorism funding, drug dealing, and money laundering…

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The best interest of most governments is related to similar reasons. As an alternative to banning the governments should consider implementing stricter trading rules, taxing…

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