India has imposed cash laundering provisions on the cryptocurrency sector, the most recent step by the federal government to tighten oversight of digital belongings.
The Finance Ministry mentioned in a discover on Tuesday that anti-money laundering laws has been utilized to crypto buying and selling, safekeeping and associated monetary companies.
The transfer by India aligns with a world development of requiring digital-asset platforms “to follow anti-money laundering standards similar to those followed by other regulated entities like banks or stock brokers,” mentioned Jaideep Reddy, counsel at regulation agency Trilegal.
Last yr India utilized extra stringent tax guidelines on the crypto sector, together with making use of a levy on buying and selling. Those strikes, in addition to a world rout in digital belongings, triggered a plunge in home buying and selling volumes.
The newest anti-money laundering measure “is concerning as implementing the requisite compliance measures is likely to require time and resources,” Reddy mentioned.
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