Crypto Policies, AI Remain Key Topics of Focus for G20’s 2024 Agenda Under Brazil: FSB

Crypto Policies, AI Remain Key Topics of Focus for G20’s 2024 Agenda Under Brazil: FSB

Brazil took the reins of the G20 presidency from India in December 2023 and will continue to preside over the organisation until November this year. Crypto-related policy formulation, asset tokenisation, and responsible handling of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will continue to remain key focus points for discussions this year. The details…

India’s Crypto Action Awaits Analysis on Nation-Specific Characters and Risks: Finance Ministry

India’s Crypto Action Awaits Analysis on Nation-Specific Characters and Risks: Finance Ministry

India is standing on the cusp of embracing the crypto sector, but well within a concrete legal framework to safeguard its nationals against any financial risks. Before that happens, the country is laying focus on assessing the impacts and risks that crypto could pose on its existing financial systems. This…

India’s Concrete Crypto Rules Could Arrive by Mid-2025, Government Official Claims

India’s Concrete Crypto Rules Could Arrive by Mid-2025, Government Official Claims

After India and other G2O nations decided to adopt a crypto roadmap framed with suggestions from global financial bodies, one would have thought the deployment of these laws were just around the corner. That, however, is not the case. A senior government official has recently claimed that a Web3-specific crypto…

When Will G20 Nations Adopt Decided Crypto Roadmap? Indian FM Gives Update

When Will G20 Nations Adopt Decided Crypto Roadmap? Indian FM Gives Update

India is set to handover the presidency of the G20 nations to Brazil in December, after one year of holding it. During India’s G20 presidency, it worked with global financial institutions on formulating laws to govern the crypto sector on an international level. Prior to the weekend, Indian finance minister…

India-Led G20 Adopt Roadmap on Crypto Assets Suggested by IMF, FSB Joint Synthesis Paper

India-Led G20 Adopt Roadmap on Crypto Assets Suggested by IMF, FSB Joint Synthesis Paper

Marrakesh, Morocco is hosting the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBGs) for their fourth and final meeting under India’s Presidency on October 12 and 13. The finance ministry of India posted updates from the meeting on X, disclosing that FMCBGs have adopted the G20 roadmap on crypto assets….

Detailed Crypto Laws Would Result in Responsible Industry Use of Blockchain, AI: Indian Web3 Experts

Detailed Crypto Laws Would Result in Responsible Industry Use of Blockchain, AI: Indian Web3 Experts

India will be finalising its public opinion on cryptocurrencies in the coming days, Ajay Seth, the secretary of the department of economic affairs recently affirmed in an interview. During the recently held G20 Summit in Delhi, international policymakers as well as officials from global financial institutions like the International Monetary…

Crypto Reporting Framework Discussed During G20, Decision Taken on Swift Implementation

Crypto Reporting Framework Discussed During G20, Decision Taken on Swift Implementation

The G-20 leaders on Saturday decided on swift implementation of the reporting framework for crypto assets, saying a significant number of member nations want information exchange on such non-financial assets to start by 2027.  The Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) or template is being developed to make sure that such…

Digital Economy to Contribute Over 20 Percent of India’s GDP by 2026: IT Minister

Digital Economy to Contribute Over 20 Percent of India’s GDP by 2026: IT Minister

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday forecast that the digital economy will contribute more than 20 percent of the country’s GDP in 2026. Addressing the ‘G20 Digital Innovation Alliance Summit’ here, he said India is a preeminent nation that adopted technology very fast…

Regulatory Action on Crypto Assets Requires Global Coordination: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Regulatory Action on Crypto Assets Requires Global Coordination: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that there was a greater acceptance among Group of 20 (G20) member countries that any new regulations on the crypto assets need to be globally coordinated. “I am glad to say that there is a greater acceptance among all G20 members, that…

April to July Period Crucial for Global Crypto Regulations, Hints Nirmala Sitharaman

April to July Period Crucial for Global Crypto Regulations, Hints Nirmala Sitharaman

India, under its ongoing G20 Presidency, is spearheading the process of formulating crypto laws that would work uniformly on an international level and make the sector safer against crimes and misuse. In a fresh development, Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has disclosed that the three-month period between April and July…