While his comments focused
on illegitimate activity, reports suggesting the statement signaled a broader cryptocurrency ban indicate a need for further clarification from Jaitley.
While this was a misrepresentation of the actual comments (which only mentioned a crackdown
on illegitimate activities), this story ended the last hope of a smooth recovery for the bitcoin price.
Not exact matches
We believe that this will go a long way in preventing the
illegitimate shutting down of debate and
activities on campus which has affected many universities in recent years, including several Humanist Students societies.
The Indian finance minister, Arun Jaitley's budget speech
on February 1st, stating that «the government does not recognize cryptocurrency as legal tender or coin and will take all measures to eliminate the use of these crypto - assets in financing
illegitimate activities or as part of the payments system,» added to the existing FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) in the market for cryptocurrencies, sending major crypto - assets down to bargain levels.
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.
«The government does not recognize cryptocurrency as legal tender or coin and will take all measures to eliminate the use of these cryptoassets in financing
illegitimate activities or as part of the payments system,» India's finance minister Arun Jaitley said during a budget speech
on Thursday.
«The government has said that they want to eliminate use of crypto assets in
illegitimate financial
activities and we align with the government
on their point of view.