Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

About Vijayashankar Na

Naavi is a veteran Cyber Law specialist in India and is presently working from Bangalore as an Information Assurance Consultant. Pioneered concepts such as ITA 2008 compliance, Naavi is also the founder of Cyber Law College, a virtual Cyber Law Education institution. He now has been focusing on the projects such as Secure Digital India and Cyber Insurance

Apple removes Bitcoin apps from the appstore

In a telling blow to the Bitcoin community, Apple has taken a policy stand to remove all applications from the app store stating that “they may not include content that enables, facilitates or encourages an activity that some countries deem … Continue reading

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RBI’s silence on Bitcoins

A Canadian resident Venugopal Badarawada has sent a notice to RBI seeking clarifications on RBI’s stand on Bitcoins, and opened a window of opportunity for RBI to come out with a clarification on its stand on Bitcons. The earlier press … Continue reading

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Should Bitcoin be regulated?

The ongoing discussions in USA on Bitcoins has reopened the debate on how much the community needs to do to get the acceptance of Bitcoins by the main stream currency regulators. There is one section of the community who profess … Continue reading

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Bitcoin Fan demands RBI to be transparent

A Canada based NRI has demanded that RBI cannot be ambiguous on its policy on Bitcoins. Mr Venugopal, an NRI has caused a notice to be issued to RBI that the RBI circular on Bitcoins is vague and creates confusion … Continue reading

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Bitcoin discussed in the Davos Meet

The global economic forum seems to have found time to discuss the emergence of Bitcoins. It is reported that Mr Uday Kotak of the Kotak group in India has suggested that crypto currencies need to be taken note of. A … Continue reading

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NaMO needs to zero in on a Crypto Currency policy to fulfill his promise

As was expected, Swiss Banks who lead the world in laundering unaccounted money have moved fast to ensure that its black money balances which includes balances worth US$ 1.4 trillion of Indians are not drawn out of the country. It … Continue reading

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