What can happen in Cryptocurrency Bill, what investors should keep in mind, Coinswitch's compliance officer is telling
Categories: Crypto News
Since the news about the government planning to introduce a new cryptocurrency bill during the winter session, a lot of misinformation has been surfacing. There was a lot of panic selling due to this in the beginning, but it seems that the situation has stabilized now. However, many cryptocurrency traders and investors in India are worried about the future of crypto in the country. CoinSwitch's Chief Compliance Officer, Sundara Rajan briefed about the proposed crypto bill and other details related to legislation that will be useful to cryptocurrency traders and investors in India. Here we are telling about the important information given during the live YouTube session. To put an end to the rumours, Rajan said that we can say with certainty that India will not ban crypto completely. He spoke about recent developments and official statements issued publicly and internally with relevant parties. The government is mainly concerned about the misuse of crypto and wants to avoid it. In addition, the government seems to be looking at ways to regulate crypto. To clarify some important questions on crypto taxation in India, Rajan referred to a recent statement by Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj on how people should pay tax on capital gains earned from their cryptocurrency profits. Tax laws may also change to levy TDS on crypto-linked capital gains. If the government is planning to impose these taxes, it means that it will allow buying and selling of cryptocurrencies. The crypto market in India was hit by a hasty selloff due to unconfirmed news. Many crypto investors in the country have suffered a lot due to this reason. Rajan also said that till we get some confirmation news and details about the proposed bill, these speculations will stop. Rajan also said that CoinSwitch believes that this proposed bill on cryptocurrencies will yield some positive results for the industry. It does not seem that the government will ban crypto completely. We don't know yet what is in the bill but we are hoping that the bill will be positive and our business will go on as normal. We are not making any changes based on these speculations.