Topic: Indian Central Bank Will Not Allow Bitcoin as Legal Tender (Read 225 times)

thats true, central bankers have used legislation to ban all cartels in the economy be it construction, food etc. but they kept and protected their own cartel,

but now people think why is an illegal banker cartel ruling us?

well thats how it is.

if they ban official the ownership of cryptocurrencies, the market will grow even more. and they lose even more power to cryptocapitalists.

Highest level of stupidity is required to expect any central bank on earth will allow bitcoin to be a Legal Tender of the country. Bitcoiners merely requires it to be recognized as a legitimate medium of exchange. A legitimate medium of exchange and a legal tender are fundamentally different concept. Japan has already recognized bitcoin as a legitimate medium of exchange, NOT a Legal Tender.

The Executive Director at the Reserve Bank of India, S Ganesh Kumar, recently expressed the system’s hostility towards the new-age digital currency and rejected any possibility of allowing Bitcoin as legal tender in the near future.


He gave this statement while addressing an audience at FIBAC, a conference organized by the Indian Banks Association in Mumbai.

He stated: “Our current position on bitcoins is that we will not be using it for any payments and settlements…though the technology underlying cryptocurrencies will not end.”

Kumar’s statement ended the ongoing speculation on the legitimacy of cryptocurrency in India. Despite the unwillingness to accept the digital coins, the potential of blockchain technology is widely studied. Many Indian banks are researching the potential of decentralized ledger technology and also launched some pilot projects to enable overseas transactions, international remittances, and a few other processes.

In September the authorities said that they are looking at the possibility of fiat currencies, but also mentioned that they are not comfortable with Bitcoin or other virtual tokens.
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In September, Sudarsn Sen, Executive Director of RBI, said: “Right now, we have a group of people who are looking at fiat cryptocurrencies. Something that is an alternative to the Indian rupee, so to speak. We are looking at that closely.”

On 2nd November, ETNow reported that a government panel had advised closing all the cryptocurrency agencies in India. This report came just after the announcement of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group that it is planning to introduce Bitcoin futures by the end of this year.

All this comes after Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of India, in August mentioned the willingness of the government to regulate the use of the virtual currencies like Bitcoin by preparing a roadmap. His statement was based on the report of an official committee that has suggested not legalizing cryptocurrencies.

In India, the central bank has not issued any license or authorization to any entity dealing with the digital currencies.

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