Virtual Digital Asset

FIG Paper No. 57 (VDA Series 11): India Digital Assets Round-Up: Recent Regulatory and Market Developments

Summary: This FIG Paper examines recent global regulatory and market developments in digital assets, including Hong Kong’s first stablecoin licences, countries finalising their digital assets regulatory frameworks, and BIS warnings on stablecoin-driven dollarisation. It then analyses India’s evolving response through the revised FIU-IND registration regime, tightening tax reporting and enforcement trends, and the RBI’s evolving regulatory response to stablecoins.

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FIG Paper No. 47 (VDA Series 6) – Exploring Synergies between Traditional Finance and Decentralised Finance for India

Introduction

A decade after the emergence of cryptocurrencies, regulatory outlooks from the traditional finance sector (“TradFi”) toward banking activities in the digital assets sector (“DeFi”) have evolved significantly. This shift signifies growing institutional acceptance of digital assets as legitimate financial instruments.

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FIG Paper (No. 40 – VDA Series 4) Global Crypto Developments: Lessons for India’s Regulatory Regime in 2025.

While reports indicate that India has the highest virtual digital asset (“VDA”) adoption across jurisdictions, we are yet to see any concrete movement on a corresponding regulatory framework to govern the sector and provide legal clarity.

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FIG Paper (No. 39 – Series 3): Recent Learnings from the Indian Virtual Digital Assets Regulatory Space

While ministerial discussions on cryptocurrency regulation had been taking place at the G-20 level, we are expecting the Department of Economic Affairs (“DEA”) may come out with a consultation paper for regulating virtual digital assets (“VDA”) as soon as October this year.

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