US government slowly showing its stance on Bitcoin
With US Senate hearings set for November 18 and 19, a subcommittee has released answers into questions it submitted back in August regarding virtual currencies. These letters offer the best glimpse yet into what the US government thinks about Bitcoin and how the various agencies are regarding digital currencies. The questions, from the Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, went out to five different agencies to see how they were dealing with what they called “virtual currencies.” The released answers come from Homeland Security, the DOJ, the Fed, the SEC and the....
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The Indian government is reportedly planning to finalize its stance on the legality of cryptocurrency by the first quarter of next year in order to become Financial Action Task Force (FATF) compliant. “We will finalize our responses by February-March 2023. We have to respond to the FATF by May,” a government official said.
India Finalizing Crypto Stance
The Indian government is finalizing its stance on the legality of cryptocurrency in order to submit its response to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for the country’s “mutual evaluation”....
According to an Australian parliamentary committee, bitcoin is not a financial product yet. Based on their recommendation, the federal government should hold off on classifying cryptocurrencies as products that are subject to taxation. This parliamentary committee was created in October last year to investigate developments and applications of bitcoin and whether or not it should be covered in a range of regulatory issues such as taxation. However, the committee noted that bitcoin can be used for GST purposes. Bitcoin and Taxation. With that, the government could maintain its wait-and-see....
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Bitcoin price is slowly rising and it is now trading above $11,400 against the US Dollar. BTC is a bit hesitant, but further gains above $11,550 seems very likely. Bitcoin is showing a few positive signs above the $11,350 and $11,400 levels. The price is currently facing hurdles near $11,560, but it is above the […]
The Indian government has maintained a bullish stance on its income tax on crypto assets. The government demonstrated this with the proposal of a Cryptocurrency and Regulation of the Official Digital Currency Bill in 2021. However, cryptocurrencies and NFTs are currently not regulated in India. The RBI even tried to ban crypto in 2018. Related Reading: Why Ethereum Could Drop To $1,500, After ETH Gained 30% In Last 2 Weeks Although the proposed “Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill” was never implemented, the government’s stance on crypto is....