Digital assets gaining currency as regulators increase surveillance

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Between 15 and 20 million people in India, Asia’s third-largest economy, own cryptocurrencies, according to industry body, the Blockchain and Crypto Assets Council. PHOTO | AFP

Global market capitalisation for digital assets has remained fairly stable in the past month, ranging from $2.05 billion on February 17 to $2.04 billion on March 24.

This is despite plans by the US and India, the world’s largest crypto markets, to increase regulations targeting the market, showing resilience of crypto assets, which may force countries to embrace rather than ban them.