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New Delhi: The global debate on digital assets has entered a new phase. The question is no longer whether crypto, stablecoins, decentralised finance (DeFi) and tokenisation will influence financial markets. They already do. The more consequential question is how governments can integrate these technologies into the financial system without importing…
New Delhi: India has taken a careful approach to virtual digital assets (VDAs). Recently, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra reiterated that India remains cautious about VDAs while supporting technologies such as distributed ledgers and tokenisation. He also stressed the importance of preserving trust, financial integrity and effective oversight as new technologies…
New Delhi: Every year, gold worth trillions of rupees sits locked away in Indian homes and temples, doing little beyond remaining stored. Alongside it, hundreds of millions of tonnes of wheat, cotton and metal move through markets that are large but still operate largely on paper. This gap between India’s…
New Delhi: On August 18, the US Securities and Exchange Commission did something India’s regulators have circled around for years but never quite done: it proposed an actual rulebook for crypto assets. The SEC calls it “Regulation Crypto Assets.” Strip away the legal language, and the idea is straightforward. Instead…
New Delhi:To understand the future of digital assets, we should look closely at stablecoins. Unlike crypto assets such as Bitcoin, whose prices can fluctuate sharply, stablecoins aim to maintain a stable value by linking themselves to traditional currencies such as the US dollar. This stability has made them a bridge…
New Delhi: The Bank of England, a new responsibility: supporting innovation in digital payments, including a category of digital assets known as stablecoins. Stablecoins are digital tokens designed to avoid the extreme price swings associated with virtual digital assets like Bitcoin. While Bitcoin can rise or fall by thousands of…
New Delhi: Last week, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance released its 36th Report on the proposed Securities Market Code Bill, 2025. The Securities Market Code proposes to establish a single rulebook for India’s securities market by replacing the three key laws that currently govern Indian securities. While the Committee’s…
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance’s recommendations on the Securities Markets Code, 2025 represent an important milestone in India’s evolving approach to the regulation of virtual digital assets. By recommending that the Government comprehensively examine the need for a statutory and regulatory framework for the sector, while also…
Authored by : Dilip ChenoyChairperson, Bharat Web3 Association New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance’s recommendations on the Securities Markets Code, 2025 represent an important milestone in India’s evolving approach to the regulation of virtual digital assets. By recommending that the Government comprehensively examine the need for a statutory…
New Delhi: India’s treatment of Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) over the past few years has been marked by a clear contradiction: the ecosystem is heavily taxed and monitored, yet fundamentally unrecognized within a coherent regulatory framework. This ‘tax-first, regulate-later’ approach has shaped market behavior in ways that domestic regulators are…
