India Confirms ‘It’s Not Illegal to Buy or Sell Crypto’ — Government Will Consult Widely on Crypto Regulation
India’s finance secretary has confirmed that it is not illegal to buy or sell crypto assets in India. Regarding cryptocurrency regulation, “the government’s approach is to consult widely and also to look at what’s happening internationally,” he explained. Crypto Is Not Illegal in India, Official Confirms Following the announcement on cryptocurrency taxation by Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Secretary T. V. Somanathan clarified that crypto is not illegal in India. He was asked on Bloomberg Television Wednesday whether the proposed taxation means cryptocurrency will be legalized in India. “Crypto assets, we don’t call them cryptocurrencies. Crypto assets are currently neither illegal nor are they encouraged,” he replied, adding: They are in a grey area. They are not illegal. It’s not illegal to buy or sell crypto assets in India, and it continues to be not illegal. “But, we have now put in a taxation framework that treats crypto assets the same way that we t