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SC allows trade in cryptocurrency, quashes RBI curb

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SC allows trade in cryptocurrency, quashes RBI curb

The Supreme court ruled that the curbs on cryptocurrency trading was illegal.

SC lifts curbs on use of cryptocurrency, RBI circular declared unreasonable

TheSupreme Courton Wednesday struck down the curb on cryptocurrencytradein India. SC rules curb oncryptocurrency trade illegal, the report said while adding that the order lifted ban on trading in virtual currency,cryptocurrencyand bitcoins.

Bitcoin, the most valued cryptocurrency in the world, was down 0.39 per cent at $8,815. The market cap of the currency stood at $161 billion.

Its a very positive sign that has come through, something that we have been waiting for and expecting for two years now. Most of the infrastructure and bits and pieces towards the cryptocurrency was already built out over the last few years, said Benson Samuel, Director Of Technology at Tokenyz Ventures.

Samuel sees many of the companies that shut their operations due to RBIs circular coming back in the business. We should see a lot of them restarting and a lot more activity happening around this space, he added.

The Reserve Bank of India had virtually banned cryptocurrency trading in India as in a circular issued on April 6, 2018, it directed that all entities regulated by it shall not deal in virtual currencies or provide services for facilitating any person or entity in dealing with or settling those.

Regulated entities that were already providing such services were told to exit the relationship within three months.

The RBI had earlier issued circulars cautioning users, holders and traders of virtual currencies, including bitcoins, regarding various risks associated in dealing with such virtual currencies. The April 6 circular was later challenged in the top court.

The Internet and Mobile Association of India, representing various cryptocurrency exchanges, had argued that trading in cryptocurrencies in the absence of a law banning those was a legitimate business activity under the Constitution. The RBI could not have denied them access to banking channels to carry on such business, it said.

The central bank defended in the Supreme Court its 2018 circular insisting that it had always been consistent in its opposition to allowing any other payments systems and undermining the integrity of the banking system.

It argued that though there was no formal ban on cryptocurrencies under any law in existence in India, it had consistently been warning all those dealing with virtual currencies of the risks inherent in them.

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