RE: There is no Bitcoin trading ban in India
Just to clarify. RBI has banned all of its regulated entities which is nearly all of the banks in the country from rendering services to entities dealing with cryptocurrencies. This implies crypto-exchanges in the country cannot provide purchase/sale services of any digital currency against INR currency pair within India. There are very few autonomous banks that don't come under the purview of RBI but these cannot render services at scale and ergo useless for the purposes of trading cryptocurrencies.
Indian Exchanges can however continue trading crypto pairs but that's useless if people cannot enter into the markets with money or exit their positions for INR. If these exchanges move abroad they are still unable to render any Crypto/INR pair to any Indian citizen as these transactions would then be illegal under other govt policies already in place.
The government however hasn't banned cryptocurrency or trading in cryptos itself but RBIs ruling prevents most of the speculators from entering/exiting the market through legal channel-aka Indian exchanges. This will result in OTC trades which I think is fine too but the price won't be good anymore and the volumes maybe very low.
Maybe my post will clear things up a bit more if anyone is interested to learn more.
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Thanks for the added clarity on what is going on!
Yup we will have options like selling cryptos to payeer etc and then get the resulting fiat in our accounts. Or trust people, send them cryptos and ask them to send payment via Paypal. Things like that. But these things might be risky and certainly very costly.
Beside OTC trades, emergence of peer to peer exchanges like InstaShift during these times is a boon to crypto enthusiasts in India. Now the question is how long Government will allow OTC or peer to peer trades; as such trades bring in zero revenues to the Government coffers?
I think the advisory by Pakistan Government which followed the Indian announcement for restriction is much more stringent.
Heading over to your post now to get the exact scenario and your views on it 😊