New Delhi, December 16 : The government on Monday informed Lok Sabha that there is no anticipated timeline for the introduction of comprehensive regulatory guidelines for the Virtual Digital Assets industry in India. The government was asked by two members of Parliament whether it was taking steps to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for the Virtual Digital Assets industry. The …
BENGALURU: The crypto industry, which has been seeking a reduction in the rate of TDS on the transfer of VDAs from 1% to 0.01%, remained disappointed with the Budget as there was no mention of crypto or VDAs in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech. Dilip Chenoy, Chairperson, Bharat Web3 Association, said they will continue to push for rationalization of the …
New Delhi: The government on Monday declared that as many as 28 virtual digital assets or VDA service providers, including WazirX, Coin DCX and Coin Switch, have registered themselves with the Financial Intelligence Unit-India. As per the finance ministry, entities dealing in VDAs, crypto exchanges and intermediaries would be considered ‘reporting entity’ under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. To …
Earlier this month, the finance ministry notified that certain activities relating to virtual digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, will be brought under the ambit of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Now, service providers in this space, specifically VDA exchanges and wallet operators, need to conduct due diligence activities, including reporting suspicious transactions/ activities related to the sale or purchase …
India is one of the few early signatories and adopters to the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement which provides a standardised and efficient mechanism to facilitate automatic exchange of information released by rhw Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. CARF rules are designed to include the scope of crypto assets to be covered, entities and individuals subject to data collection and …
Transactions in cryptocurrency have increased manifold. The OECD defines crypto assets as a digital representation of value that relies on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger or a similar technology to validate and secure transactions. The framework provides guidance on various aspects of entities and individuals, subject to data reporting responsibility and data collection requirements, types of transactions covered, and relevant …