Cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Shiba Inu gain

Prices of popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have gained even as the value of tokens associated with gaming has spiked.

Bitcoin, the oldest cryptocurrency, was trading at USD 42,824.85, up by 3.11 per cent, according to CoinDesk data.

Ether, the second biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, was up by 2.21 per cent to USD 3,079.70.

Meanwhile, gaming tokens witnessed a price bump even as the global crypto market moved a little.

Cryptocuurencies such as XRP was up by 7.95 per cent, Solana was up by 4.51 per cent, Terra was up by 2.34 per cent, Cardano was by 3.54 per cent, Polkadot was by 3.56 per cent, Stellar was by 3.06 per cent, Dodgecoin was up by 6.84 per cent, Chainlink was up by 4.35 per cent, Polygon was up by 3.83 per cent, Shiba Inu was up by 24.32 per cent.

Cryptocurrency will never be a legal tender in India, a government official said.

“Crypto will never be a legal tender. Legal tender means by law it is accepted in settlement of debts. India will not be making any crypto asset as a legal tender. Only ‘Digital Rupee’ of the Reserve Bank will be a legal tender in India,” Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said while clearing the air on the legality of private digital currencies in the market.

The 2022-23 Budget has given a clarity on taxation of virtual digital assets and proposed to impose a 30 per cent tax on gains made on such trades, besides subjecting crypto transactions, beyond a threshold, to 1 per cent Tax Deducted at Source (TDS).

In an interview with PTI, Somanathan said just like gold and diamond, despite being valuable, are not a legal tender, private cryptocurrencies too will never be a legal tender.

Except El Salvador, which in September last year adopted Bitcoin as legal tender, no other country has made crypto a legal tender. India is working on legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies, but no draft has yet been released publicly.

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