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I think the move is right we're also doing it in our country in our case it is Binance, the Indian Financial Intelligence just wants to protect their citizen, and Apple and Google take sides with the government of India which is the right thing to do.
These exchanges that illegally operate in India are not compliant, are not paying their dues, and do not have licenses so if ever there are scam reports India cannot revoke or make the exchanges answerable on the charges because they are illegal.
I don't understand what govt protecting its citizens from. I don't think these exchanges are harming citizens of India. in fact by blocking these apps and platforms Govt harming people themselves.
This move is more beneficial to local CEXs but it can still be helpful to the citizens. In case of dispute/complaint, customers has an easier way of going after an exchange if it's licensed locally.
That's true, the Indian government just made an advance move and didn't wait for any dispute to happen before they took action with the unregistered exchanges. It's better to protect the citizen as early as possible. If those CEXs don't want to lose some of their users, they will act immediately by registering their exchange in the said country.
a lot of peopl are making livings out of crypto, trading in various exchanges and in other ways. by blocking them govt simply stole their ways of earning money and making a living.
is there any good alternative to these exchanges in India to replace them? I don't think so.
The earning opportunity is not entirely gone since they still have licensed local CEX like WazirX. More fees are going to take away some of their trading profits though.
If there is no other way to convert cryptocurrency to cash, it would be acceptable to add a small fee. This is preferable rather than having restrictions on cryptocurrency usage in their country.