(XRP) is expecting a positive regulatory framework to be forthcoming from India’s Reserve Bank (RBI), according to a Times of India report Friday, June 15.
Dilip Rao, Ripple’s global head of infrastructure innovation, is quoted by the Times as saying that despite RBI’s imposition of on all domestic banks dealing with crypto, the bank’s into issuing its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) suggests that RBI might reverse its ban in the future:
“There is a great regulatory comfort with Ripple Net — particularly in the light of the Bank for International Settlements’ policy requiring central banks to have a backup for payment systems having non-similar technology.”
Last year, Ripple reportedly established an office in Mumbai, and Rao considers that countries that do not have a developed interbank network will be more receptive to a crypto-based alternative Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system.
RBI’s stringent stance towards cryptocurrencies has led to a grassroots and a wave of in response to what is an increasingly for domestic crypto businesses. Some prosecutors are arguing that RBI’s decision to end banks’ dealings with crypto businesses is a violation of the country’s constitution.
In May, the Indian Supreme Court that no further petitions against RBI’s banking blockade were eligible to be filed until the for existing petitions on July 20, 2018
In April, tech investor that the move by RBI could cause a , in which Indian crypto and entrepreneurs take their businesses abroad due to stifling restrictions at home. While supportive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s crackdown on corruption, Draper called the government's position on crypto “a huge mistake”.
India’s Ministry of Finance also cryptocurrency as a “Ponzi scheme” without “intrinsic value” at the beginning of January.
Published at Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:07:08 +0000
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