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Assessing Blockchain’s Role in Indian Securitization: A Solution in Sight?

Blockchain Securitization involves tokenizing illiquid assets and selling tokenized units to investors on Blockchain, offering transparency, decentralization, and immutability, which significantly improves the securitization process.

To enable faster adoption of securitization through Blockchain, there must be a robust regulatory framework; the RBI could introduce specific guidelines, or amendments could be made to the SARFAESI Act to recognize tokens as securities.

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From Social Contracts to Smart Contracts: Navigating Decentralization, Blockchain, and Kleros Arbitration

In this post, the author addresses how Blockchain operates independently of the internet, necessitating the use of an oracle as a connection point. This oracle serves as a conduit between the blockchain and the real world, conveying information about real-world events. They further discuss how as Blockchain technology underwent a separation from currency and its potential applications were being explored in various financial and interorganizational transactions, Blockchain 2.0 emerged to facilitate transactions beyond currency

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India’s Stance To Ban Cryptocurrency Trading: What does the future hold?

India’s Stance To Ban Cryptocurrency Trading: What does the future hold?

In this post, the authors have tried to analyse India’s stance towards the emerging cryptocurrency industry. In doing so, they have tried to highlight the regulatory issues surrounding the proposed ban on cryptocurrencies and the way forward for India.

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Taxation Cryptocurrency Bitcoin GST

Taxation of Cryptocurrency Under the GST Regime (Part III)

In Part III, which is the final part, the author has tried to categorize bitcoins into the pre-existing categories of money, service, and consideration. Further, while concluding this three-part blog, the author suggests how the legislature can clear the legal ambiguity surrounding bitcoins.

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Taxation Cryptocurrency Bitcoin GST

Taxation of Cryptocurrency Under the GST Regime (Part I)

In this three-part blog , the author analyses whether cryptocurrencies can be taxed under the GST regime in India.
In Part I, the author explains the nuances of Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Bitcoins and further analyses the approach of Indian Regulatory bodies with respect to these virtual currencies.

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