印度今晨推出第一家比特币交易所。 BTCxIndia ，第一个实时市场行情开始于11:00印度标准时间，提供“安全，实时交易平台，遵循KYC和AML-指引，并允许即时存款和取款卢比。 ”
该网站允许用户购买和出售比特币为印度卢比（INR ），“及时的传播”买卖信息，以及卢比即时取款和存款。该网站还强调，登录和安全的级别达到金融机构的级别，存款离线存储，即使系统受到损害的情况下也没有存款会丢失。
此举可能会为印度比特币带来一个惊喜。Bitcoin的历史上，像许多其他国家一样，当它涉及到政府规定，比特币也是起起伏伏。
去年十二月，印度储备银行（ RBI）发表声明，向公众警告使用者，持有者和交易者在使用加密货币方面潜在的风险。警告减缓了比特币在印度的势头，听到警告后，不少商家暂时或无限期地暂停其业务。
与此同时，在政府的眼中并没有改变比特币的定义。 KC Chakrabaty ，印度储备银行副行长在2013年12月表示，“目前我们所说的既不调控[ Bitcoin]，也不支持比特币。 ”他补充说：“只有当人在做某些业务，我们了解到有不好的事情发生了，才来调控。首先，我们不明白这个比特币的问题，所以不调控。 “警告仍然保留，因为没有规定被实施。
尽管印度储备银行的高度疑虑， Highkart ，第一电子商务网站在印度开始接受比特币作为其唯一的付款方式。该网站目前有略超过200个项目的股份，接受比特币，因为它为客户提供最安全，最可靠的支付系统。
Highkart也希望通过只接受比特币支付，把Bitcoin的意识传播给大众。在该公司的网站上的博客文章解释了大多数印度人只是囤积货币，很少有机会用上它：
“在HighKart，我们希望把Bitcoin引入主流，而不是将它作为一个比特币社区内的闭环货币。我们希望把比特币普及大众，并帮助他们登上HighKart的大船。“
评论：只接受比特币，是对比特币强有力的应用普及，不能不说是好消息。
First Bitcoin Exchange Launches in India
from:http://cointelegraph.com/post/first_bitcoin_exchange_launches_in_india
India’s first Bitcoin exchange launched this morning. BTCxIndia, whose first live market ticker began at 11:00 Indian Standard Time, offers “a secure, real time trading platform, following KYC- and AML-guidelines, and allowing instant INR deposits and withdrawals.”
The site allows customers to buy and sell bitcoins for Indian Rupees (INR) “with a tight spread,” as well as instant INR withdrawals and deposits. The site also emphasizes that the level of log-in and security matches those of established financial institutions and that deposits are stored off-line so that no deposits will be lost in case their systems are compromised.
The move may come as a surprise to some following the Bitcoin situation in India. Like many other countries at this point in Bitcoin history, India is having its up’s and down’s when it comes to government regulations.
Last December Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a statement to the general public warning to users, holders, and traders of digital currencies of the potential financial, personal, and security risks of dealing in cryptocurrency. The warning slowed the momentum of Bitcoin in India as many merchants temporarily or indefinitely suspended their operations immediately after hearing the advisory.
At the same time, the definition of bitcoin didn’t change in the eyes of the government. KC Chakrabaty, deputy governor of the RBI stated in December 2013 that “at present what we are saying is neither we regulate [Bitcoin] nor we support them.” He added “Regulation comes only when people are doing certain business and we come to understand that something wrong is happening. First of all we don’t understand this subject.” The warning remained as no regulations were pursued.
Despite the heightened suspicion by the RBI, Highkart, the first e-commerce site in India began to accept bitcoin as their only form of payment. The site, which currently has a little over 200 items in stock, embraced bitcoin because it was the safest and most reliable payment system for its customers.
Highkart also wanted to bring Bitcoin awareness to the masses with its exclusive payment systems. A blog post on the company’s site explained how most Indians with bitcoin hoard the currency and have few chances to spend it:
“At HighKart We wanted to bring Bitcoin into mainstream, rather than keep it as a closed loop currency within the Bitcoin Community. We wanted to introduce Bitcoin to the common mass and help them onboard on HighKart as well."
The blog continued
“For people who own Bitcoins, it has become more of a saving rather than them putting them into some use, as in India; there was no other option till date. We wanted people to use Bitcoin in their day to day lives, thus helping them to be less dependent on the fiat currency which is fast depreciating!”
Even as early as February 2014, the RBI didn’t rule out Bitcoin’s future in the country, yet didn’t completely endorse it. Raghuram Rajan, the RBI’s new deputy director, said of crypto currency:
“I don’t want to say that there is no future for these virtual currencies. I think it’s a process of evolution, but for now all we’ve done is express the kinds of concerns we have about it, without determining in any which way what we intend to do.”
And now, as BTCxIndia arrives among the cloud of uncertainty by the government, reaffirms its stance to keep its customers in the light. An issue on the site reads:
“India’s Central Bank; the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is said to be “watching” Bitcoin and gathering information in an attempt to understand it better, but has said that it is not interested in regulating it at present.
Until further clarification from regulatory bodies, BTCXINDIA has therefore framed its own Know-Your-Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) procedures, based on existing framework for regulated financial institutions.”
The journey for BTCxIndia has just begun. Whether it has any influence on any future regulations of Bitcoin for now might be too much to speculate. Let’s let them enjoy their first day.
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