The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is worried that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Dogecoin in Asia's third-largest economy may have an impact on financial stability. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said in an interview with a leading media that these big issues have been expressed to the administration.
The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is proposing to forbid all private cryptocurrencies in the country and to create a structure for an official digital currency. The banning proposal comes at a time when many cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Dogecoin, have seen a significant rise in their value.
After digital currencies were used for fraud, the Central Bank barred banks and other regulated entities from funding crypto transactions in 2018. But last year, in response to an appeal by crypto-currency exchanges, the Supreme Court cut the curbs.
Speaking about crypto-currencies, Das said there are advantages of blockchain technology, but, "there are some major concerns on the cryptocurrency that we have conveyed to the government."
RBI Governor said that the RBI is working on procedural issues to introduce the country's digital currency soon, but that date has not yet been finalized. India is not the first nation to consider releasing its own cryptocurrency as a possibility. Nations such as Ecuador, China, Singapore, Tunisia, Venezuela and Senegal have released cryptocurrencies of their own.
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