"Suddenly, Bitcoin to Be Officially Legal in India"
posted Jule 20, 2017
https://cointelegraph.com/news/suddenly-bitcoin-to-be-officially-legal-in-indiaBitcoin exchanges in India have been able to operate but they have been self-regulating using strict Know Your Customer and Anti Money Laundering measures (
https://veratad.com/solutions/identity-verification/) in place. These areas will now fall under government regulation.
Funny side note--a member of the parliament in India likened Bitcoin to a Ponzi scheme as recently as March of this year. Pretty wild.
"In a letter to the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India, Somaiya explained that Bitcoin is a pyramid Ponzi-type scheme. However, Somaiya was criticized for his inability to understand the structural and fundamental difference between a Ponzi scheme and Bitcoin."
Just seems to be fake rumours, I still haven't seen concrete evidence that India has actually officially legalised bitcoin. I do think that if India entered the Crypto world, it would be good news and bad news mostly due to a couple of things that I have listed down below:
Pros-India is a giant and if the entered the crypto world, I could see a lot of countries that India has good relations to also entering with them, and more countries entering means a higher price since demand would be rising.
- India is specially known for a cheap workforce and that could possible lower transaction fees.
- India is quite technically advanced and they could make good additions to the crypto-world.
Cons- Since the electricity in India is so cheap, we will be seeing a lot of new miners and that may raise fees and make mining anywhere else impossible.