India's taxation of the crypto market can "probably kill the industry," said Binance's CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), Bloomberg reports.
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Speaking at a fintech conference in Singapore, Binance boss said that the current taxation regime in India poses a threat to the whole industry in the region. He particularly said:
"India has high tax which is probably going to kill the industry."
India imposes a tax of 30% tax on profits from trading, selling or spending crypto. The country also takes a 1% TDS (tax dedicated at source) tax on the sale of crypto assets exceeding more than RS50,000 (~$600) in a single transaction.
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