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Today, the cryptocurrency community in India received a positive outcome on behalf of the country’s Supreme Court. After years of suppression from the Reserve Bank of India, The Supreme Court officially lifted the ban on trading or operating with digital assets.The RBI’s crypto ban is UnconstitutionalA local report from earlier today informed the positive outcome coming from the giant Asian country. A three-judge bench led by Rohinton Nariman quashed the 2018 directive from the Reserve Bank...

The saga with the largest video sharing platform YouTube and cryptocurrency content producers continues. This time, another large account has complained that his videos have been flagged as “harmful or dangerous content” without any real reason behind it. The issue at hand might be that YouTube can’t tell the difference between relevant and educational content and information aiming to scam.YouTube Slams Ivan on TechIvan on Tech is one of the biggest blockchain-related YouTube channels,...

Our 20,000 newsletter subscribers may have wondered why they hadn’t received the weekly market update email, as they do on every Friday of the past four years. Unfortunately, CryptoPotato’s mail-service account on MailChimp had been forced closed without prior notice.In a surprising email for the popular email automation platform, they stated:“Our automated abuse prevention system, Omnivore, reviewed your account with the username CryptoPotato. It detected content or actions which either...

As a response to a legal case filed by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has now clarified that Bitcoin is not banned in the country. The nation’s central bank says that it has only restricted regulated financial establishments from dealing with anyone using digital assets.RBI in 2020: Bitcoin Not BannedThe IAMAI, also consisting of cryptocurrency exchanges, filed a petition against an RBI directive from 2018. It was considered that the...

The YouTube cryptocurrency purge was a hot topic in the last days of 2019, but it seems that it may not be over. Another prominent cryptocurrency YouTuber has bemoaned that he received a strike on a recent live stream video and is unable to upload new content.YouTube Purge Not Really Over?During Christmas time last year, YouTube became the most talked-about topic within the crypto community. The Google-owned content sharing platform began giving strikes, removing videos, and even deleting...

India is once again talking about banning crypto.Hey, India: Make Up Your Mind!It’s a situation India has been in before. Prior to this big argument, the country initiated a ban on banks doing business with cryptocurrency and blockchain ventures. Thus, these companies did not have any financial authorities to oversee their transactions.While the ban was relatively limited in scope, many news and media outlets misreported this as India was implementing a full ban, and likely bitcoin and crypto...

Burundi's central bank has enforced an outright ban on crypto trading. | Source: ShutterstockBurundi’s Central Bank has completely banned crypto trading in the country, specifically mentioning bitcoin, ethereum and a handful of other cryptocurrencies.The East African nation is also warning that “strong measures could be taken” against traders who flout the ban, in a statement to Bloomberg.  The Central Bank of Burundi admitted in a statement that it couldn’t offer protections for crypto...