Court overrules Indian Reserve Bank's ban on cryptocurrency trading. Image via Bitcoin News.
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India allows cryptocurrency trading

The ban on cryptocurrency trading in India, imposed by the Reserve Bank of India in April 2018, has been lifted by a court ruling which stated that the policy was disproportionate. The ban disallowed banks from including cryptocurrency transactions in their offered services and was justified by RBI as a necessary move to curb "ring-fencing" of the Indian economy.

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Wed Mar 04 - TechCrunch

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