Crypto Wins Legal Status In India — High Court Calls It ‘Property’
Madras High Court has ruled that cryptocurrencies can be treated as property, a decision that could reshape how exchanges handle user assets after hacks. The court found that certain crypto holdings are identifiable and controllable, and therefore eligible for legal protection similar to other movable property. Related Reading: $133 Million In Bitcoin On The Move: […]
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Not all the experts are rushing to call the development “groundbreaking,” but it will certainly help the industry combat fraud. At the beginning of May, the British Web3 community celebrated an important legal precedent — the High Court of Justice in London, the closest analog to the United States Supreme Court, has ruled that nonfungible tokens (NFT) represent “private property.” There is a caveat, though: In the court’s ruling, this private property status does not extend to the actual underlying content that NFT represents. Cointelegraph reached out to legal experts to understand what....
Indian legal experts reportedly say that it is too late to ban cryptocurrency despite calls for a complete crypto ban by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an affiliate of the nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, also passed a resolution calling for an outright ban on crypto. Meanwhile, the Indian government is reworking the crypto bill before resubmitting it to parliament.
Legal Experts Explain It’s Too Late to Ban Crypto
The Indian government is under pressure from the country’s central bank and the Swadeshi....
India’s finance minister has revealed the current status of crypto policy in India, including whether crypto will be legalized or banned in the country. The question surrounding the legitimacy of cryptocurrency was raised in parliament after the government announced that income from crypto transactions will be taxed at 30%. Finance Minister Reveals Status of Crypto Policy in India India’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, clarified on Friday that the government has not made a decision on whether to legalize or ban cryptocurrency. During her Budget speech last week, the....
CrossTower is betting on the growing crypto market in India despite the uncertainty over the legal status of Bitcoin in the country. United States-based cryptocurrency exchange CrossTower is expanding operations to India despite the ongoing legal uncertainty over local crypto regulation.CrossTower has set up a local division in India and launched a cryptocurrency trading platform to capture the growing multi-billion dollar market, Reuters reported Sept. 6. CrossTower India has already onboarded 35 employees and is looking to expand its team up to 100 people in the next six to nine....