Although
cryptocurrencies are legal tender in Japan, Coincheck is not registered with the country's Financial Service Authority, raising concerns over whether the lost funds will be insured if the tokens can not be retrieved.
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Cryptocurrencies are no legal tender and the government discourages its use.
Included in this category are questions such as whether
cryptocurrencies are legal tender, or how to regulate decentralized applications.
Not exact matches
Until one or more
cryptocurrencies are accepted as
legal and practical
tender,
cryptocurrency is no medium of exchange; it
's a classic object of speculation.
The RBI move
is in line with the government's stance that
cryptocurrencies are not
legal tender and
is also in sync with greater regulatory scrutiny by central banks of several other countries including the US, Japan, China and South Korea.
In Japan, Bitcoin has
been recognized as
legal tender, and financial regulators have officially recognized multiple
cryptocurrency exchange operators.
In September 2017, Fan Yifei, deputy governor of the PBoC, wrote that PBoC efforts to supervise private
cryptocurrency and develop digital
legal tender were underway.
Russia previously revealed that its central bank
was developing a national
cryptocurrency and that it would not recognize others like bitcoin as
legal tender.
Last April, Japanese authorities acknowledged bitcoin as a
legal tender and stated that they would entail
cryptocurrency exchanges to register with the Government.There
are 16
cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan which have registered with Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA).
Finance minister going all out against Bitcoin and other
cryptocurrencies is definitely a reason for grave concern for the Indian
cryptocurrency investors as he said that the government does not consider these virtual currencies as a
legal tender.
The Judgment C - 264 / 14 declared that bitcoin and
cryptocurrencies are VAT exempt as currency, although not
legal tender.
As
is known, virtual currencies, also known as
cryptocurrencies,
are becoming or have already become very popular; in certain countries they
are becoming or have already become
legal tender, as well as an investment asset.
The IAMAI panel statement said that every citizen and business in this country should play their role in eliminating financing of illegitimate activities, regardless of whether such financing
is done using
legal tender,
cryptocurrency, gold, or any other medium.
Russian president Vladimir Putin publicly said
cryptocurrencies had «serious risks,» and yet he just called for the development of a new digital currency, the «cryptoruble,» which will
be used as
legal tender throughout the federation.
In most countries
cryptocurrencies are not recognised as
legal tender and
are only regulated to the extent that they fit within existing laws, such as tax laws.
The Indian government
is unlikely to criminalize the holding and trading of
cryptocurrencies, especially now that world leaders such as Japan and Germany have already embraced their use as
legal tender, with the United States only recently announcing the launch of bitcoin futures in November 2017.
Cryptocurrency is a digital representation of value that functions as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, or a store of value, but it does not have
legal tender status.
India has said it doesn't consider Bitcoin to
be legal tender, China
is increasingly cracking down on digital currencies, while Korea
is planning a bill to ban all domestic
cryptocurrency trading.
The Indian Finance minister had earlier declared that the
cryptocurrency is not a
legal tender.
In January 2018, India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told the Indian parliament, «Bitcoins or such
cryptocurrencies are not
legal tender and those indulging in such transactions
are doing it at their own risk.»
the Indian parliament, «Bitcoins or such
cryptocurrencies are not
legal tender and those indulging in such transactions
are doing it at their own risk.»
In Japan, Bitcoin
is already treated as
legal tender, while Russia
is currently drafting legislation to regulate
cryptocurrencies and ICOs.
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), an island country located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean with a population of about 50,000,
is poised to become the first sovereign nation to issue a
cryptocurrency that will
be legal tender.
Regulators
are not just concerned with the blurring lines between trades of traditional
legal tender and
cryptocurrency, but also the outpouring of investment into ICOs, alt coins, and funds away from IPOs and traditional investments.
Therefore, if the RMI will eventually deploy a
cryptocurrency that
is also
legal tender, the impact could
be huge.
Regulators in India have repeatedly targeted
cryptocurrency exchanges and commented that bitcoin and digital currencies
are not «
legal tender.»
On Nov. 30, 2017, when investor frenzy
was at a high with rising bitcoin prices, finance minister Arun Jaitley said the country doesn't recognise
cryptocurrencies as
legal tender.
In an ICO a percentage of the newly issued
cryptocurrency is sold to investors in exchange for
legal tender or other
cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.
As of now Finance Mininster Shri Arun Jaitley mentioned in his Union Budget Speech 2018 that «
Cryptocurrencies are not considered as
legal tender in India ``.
The decision to propose traceable activity within India's domestic exchanges follows a statement from the country's Finance Minister from earlier this month, in which he said that
cryptocurrencies aren't
legal tender there (to
be clear, no currency except the Indian Rupee
is a
legal tender in the country), and that there will
be a crackdown on the use of virtual currencies in financing illegitimate activities.
In an ICO campaign, a percentage of the
cryptocurrency is sold to early backers of the project in exchange for
legal tender or other
cryptocurrencies, but usually for Bitcoin.
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday
cryptocurrencies likely won't threaten
legal tenders like the yen any time soon as they
are mostly used for speculative trading, rather than as payments and settlement means.
By not recognising
cryptocurrencies as
legal tender in India simply means that digital currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc can not
be used to buy / sell goods and services.
Elsewhere in the notice, the Ministry emphasized that India doesn't recognize any
cryptocurrency as a
legal tender and that no license
is issued in the country to authorize any
cryptocurrency exchange.
It said while it has taken notice of recent developments in the use, holding, and trading of virtual or digital currencies (also known as
cryptocurrencies), such as Bitcoin in Ghana, it
is not
legal tender and it
is not regulated.
The lead
cryptocurrency researcher at the People's Bank of China has said it
is «crucial» to issue digital
legal tender as soon as possible.
On January 2, 2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley answered questions before Indian parliament, in which he stated that «bitcoins or such
cryptocurrencies are not
legal tender and those indulging in such transactions
are doing it at their own risk.»
As on date, Ukraine
is still considered to
be optimistic with the ongoing fintech shift in the global economy, however, it still doesn't consider
cryptocurrencies as
legal tender.
questions before Indian parliament, in which he stated that «bitcoins or such
cryptocurrencies are not
legal tender and those indulging in such transactions
are doing it at their own risk.»
Kalra's point
is an oft - repeated one in the industry, that excluding
cryptocurrencies as «
legal tender» doesn't necessarily make their trade and usage illegal.
The future of
cryptocurrency in the system lies partly on how well it
is integrated and accepted in the society as a
legal tender.
A further distinction needs to
be made between regulation of the
cryptocurrency itself (
is it a commodity or a currency,
is it
legal tender?)
cryptocurrencies to
be «
legal tender,» excluding all but Canadian bank notes and coins from that definition.
The Marshall Islands
is set to release its own
cryptocurrency called the Sovereign after the Parliament voted to approve an official
cryptocurrency as
legal tender, a move that could end its reliance on the US Dollar as its official currency.
This week saw officials in India indicate that they will
be introducing regulations to completely eliminate payments with
cryptocurrency in their country, and they made it official that India does not recognize Bitcoin as a
legal tender.
He also added that
cryptocurrencies can not
be branded as a
legal tender and that the government shall «strongly respond to excessive
cryptocurrency speculation and illegal activity.»
The German finance ministry said it will not levy taxes on
cryptocurrencies if they
are used as
legal tender.
His speech echoed the fact that Indian government does in no way recognise
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin same as a
legal tender but
is equally welcoming towards the spread of blockchain technology for pioneering payment gateways.
He once said in 2013 that, he likes the fact that
cryptocurrencies are freely available to all people, although they will not
be accepted as
legal tender in China, at least not anytime soon.
Indeed, in Belarus, the government has legalized the used of
cryptocurrencies and they
are considered
legal tender.