Hello Government ! Please regulate cryptocurrency and make arrangements for Nepali to stay in Nepal by levying 30% tax like India! Otherwise, the Nepalese will go to the Gulf, India and other countries and pay taxes to that country. If you want to change the face of the country now, implement crypto and blockchain system. If you do not have the knowledge, hire a team of experts on how to regulate. Why is the government spending the country's coffers by forming a team to execute the poor who have made a living using crypto-technology?
How did the world get from paper money to cryptocurrency? To understand this we have to turn the pages of history. Money has been invented to facilitate human life by replacing the barter system. Coins and precious metals were used in the early days of currency. The circulation of paper notes is found to be prevalent after the circulation of coins became impractical.
Among the various forms of currency are coins, paper notes and debit / credit cards also known as plastic currency. Currently, the use, importance and interest of digital currency to replace plastic currency seems to be increasing.
So let's look back at the history of money. Looking at the history of paper money, it can be seen that paper notes were introduced by Kublai Khan in China around 13th century. Which was taken as a state tender as well as legal tender. Looking at the history of plastic currency, it became popular around the world around 1966 when Visa and MasterCard started issuing debit / credit cards. Its use has spread worldwide as it is easier and safer to carry than paper notes and can be paid in different currencies with one card and secure transactions can be done through PIN.
Digital currency is not physically visible and is used from the Internet instead of paper notes. It can be called Electronic Money (E-Money). It should also be recognized by the Central Monetary Authority. In China, for example, e-CNY (Electric Chinese Yuan) was released in 2020. E-Money has also started in Japan in 2021.
Thus, before going into the subject of currency, it is important to know about the function of currency. The functions of currency are as follows:
1. Medium of Exchange
2. Unit of Account to measure Economics Value
3. Store of Value
So what we can understand from this is that the use of the form of money that can do the above mentioned tasks easily and efficiently will obviously become popular overtime. Because in today's age of global village and global mobility, its use is determined by the user's psychology rather than the need for a currency regulatory body.
How is the use of money changing in our daily life?
Nowadays, if we sit in the restaurant with family, relatives and friends, the bill will come to our table to pay for it. Then we don't touch the wallet in our pocket nowadays but instead we open the apps in the mobile and the employee of the restaurant says bring QR Code, we scan or request to swap and transfer account from debit / credit card to POS machine. What we can understand from this is that now the society is moving towards digitalization.
What is Digital, Crypto / Virtual Currency?
Digital Currency - Controlled by the Central Bank or Monetary Authority. It's just an electronic currency. As the European Central Bank defines every digital currency as a virtual currency, the difference between digital and crypto virtual currency is recognized by the state.
Who controls the crypto currency and who mines it is unknown. This is a kind of digital Currency. Online Ledger is used to secure the purchase of goods and services via internet. Instead of going to the bank, it can be traded and collected from Distributed Ledger (Block Chain) at home. With Cryptographic Signature being a distributor in transaction record, register and block Chain, one can also buy or sell a mutual transaction between crypto currency holders.
Bitcoin is a form of Crypto Currency, but there are other investing Crypto Currencies like Bitcoin. Such as Cosmos (ATOM), Dogecoin (DOGE), Ethereum (ETH), Corm pound (COMP) Palk dot (DOT) etc. However, most countries in the world consider such currency transactions illegal. Nepal is one of them.
What is CBDC (Center Bank Digital Currency)?
CBDC is also known as Fiat Currency or Digital Base Currency. Such currency is issued in digital form by the State or State Controlled Central Bank as Electronic Currency on Block Chain Basis. Legal Tender The main feature of this currency is that it is legal tender which does not exist in case of crypto. The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) has also started a study along with 84 percent of central banks in the world thinking about CBDC idea. Among these, China launched Digital RMD in 2020, and Nigeria launched Digital Currency in 2021.
The following are some of the advantages and disadvantages of CBDC.
Benefits:
Technical efficiency
Low risk
Less complicated
Zero transaction fee
Financial inclusion
Tax collection
Financial security
Fights crime
Shows illegal activity
Disadvantages:
Banking system disintegration
Centralization
Difficulties in currency exchange between countries
Difficulties in money supply of the central economy
It is said that technology cannot be limited within any perimeter. Now that the world has entered into crypto culture and digital cash, it seems that regulation and control of the state and regulatory body is more important than controlling this momentum.
While the IMF, the European Central Bank, and Basel have acknowledged that there is no alternative to digital currency, China and Japan, the world's largest economies, have also issued the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Neighboring India recently announced that it would issue Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) through its central budget next year and impose 30 percent tax on assets earned from Cryptocurrency. By this declaration, India has given silent approval to crypto investments.
Various unofficial statistics have shown that cryptocurrency transactions are increasing day by day in Nepal as well. Singapore's crypto payment gateway 'Triple A' has recently released a new report on cryptocurrency users around the world. According to the report, 1.45 percent of the total population of Nepal has invested in cryptocurrency. The number of people investing in cryptocurrency in Nepal is around 424,000. It is also said that big businessmen and high ranking officials of Nepal have also invested in it. Therefore, the Government of Nepal and the regulatory body have to show interest and concern in this regard.
Technology is always like a double-edged sword. The society and the state can control the economy if it is properly utilized or controlled in time. Is it possible to be a part of the world economy without creating a technology-friendly environment? It is our obligation and justification to follow the changes that have taken place in the neighboring countries. Because of the open borders and the balance of payments in the inter-country trade between India and Nepal, the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) seems indispensable.