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Make your stand clear on legality of Bitcoin, Supreme Court tells Centre
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Scroll | 25/02/2022 05:49 PM | Click to read full article
The Supreme Court on Friday told the central government to clarify its stance on the legality of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, reported Bar and Bench. The court was hearing a petition filed by Ajay Bharadwaj, an accused person in the Rs 20,000 crore Bitcoin scam.
The additional solicitor general told the court that it was a case of fraud involving 80,000 Bitcoins and that the accused persons were not cooperating in the investigation.