Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Posted: 09 Aug 2025 02:04
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Does Pakistan have a cryptocurrency industry? I remember something in Dawn that appeared soon after the Paki crypto deal with Trump - that crypto remains illegal for Pakis.Rudradev wrote: ↑08 Aug 2025 23:30 So Pakistan has a national cryptocurrency industry (which is apparently used to launder Trump's money, among other things).
Where is the hardware infrastructure (servers, etc) that supports this crypto industry located?
Any reason it can't be visited by the sort of ordinance that "hit, but did not target" Kirana Hills?
https://www.dawn.com/news/1914192ISLAMABAD: Amid growing official promotion of Bitcoin adoption, both the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Thursday said that cryptocurrency remains banned in the country and all its transactions are illegal under current regulations.
After increasing of FATF scrutiny the Pakis have been forced to increasingly turn to crypto.
- Pakistan has launched the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) to license and oversee crypto service providers.
- The Pakistan crypto market has over 40 million users and $300B in annual trading volume.
- The government also allocated 2,000 megawatts of electricity for Bitcoin mining and plans to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
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PVARA will function as an independent regulatory body tasked with licensing, supervising, and monitoring Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) across Pakistan. Ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) laws, managing cybersecurity risks, and safeguarding users participating in crypto-related transactions also fall under the regulatory body’s purview.
The establishment of PVARA brings Pakistan a step closer to aligning its regulatory environment with international frameworks, particularly those outlined by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
+100a_bharat wrote: ↑09 Aug 2025 07:08 It is high time that India 1. converts all its FCA held in western currencies to gold as quickly as possible, and 2. impose a retaliatory 50% tax on revenues (yes, I mean gross revenues, not profits) US big-tech generate in India. In response, if the US social media withdraw their services in India, it would be even better. All the social media platforms can be replaced by desi ones. Koo was a pretty good alternative to twitter/X, but failed because it could not pull people away from twitter as twitter remained the primary platform and they had their followers there. If twitter quits India, then only can Indian equivalent succeed. Same goes for other platforms. In addition, each social media account should be aadhar-linked (not displayed, but kept in database).
As the US president repeatedly spoke about how he prevented a nuclear war, Indian diplomats started to push back publicly against his version of events. The tensions came to a head in a June 17 phone call with Narendra Modi, which was held after Trump left the Group of Seven summit in Canada early and couldn’t meet the Indian leader in person.
In the 35-minute conversation, Modi told Trump that the two nations directly discussed a ceasefire upon Pakistan’s request following a bombardment by India. Modi said India “does not and will never accept mediation,” according to an Indian readout, adding that Trump “listened carefully.”
While India had no problem if Trump met Pakistan’s civilian leaders, hosting Munir was seen as giving legitimacy to a military that Modi’s government accuses of supporting militant groups, they said. Wary that Trump would look to orchestrate a meeting between Munir and Modi, the Indian leader turned down an invitation to stop by the White House on the way back from Canada, they said, adding that he was also committed to visiting Croatia.
Although the US never made a direct request for Modi to acknowledge Trump’s role in the ceasefire, India saw a shift in tone from the White House after that phone call, according to the officials in New Delhi. Once Trump began publicly attacking India, they added, it was clear the episode marked a turning point in the broader relationship.
One Indian official, who asked not to be identified, cited several missteps along the way. Negotiators underestimated the power of the farm lobby, Midwestern senators and dairy cooperatives, the official said, while also failing to prepare a fallback option that could produce a quick win if Trump escalated.
This is taking things at face value.ricky_v wrote: ↑09 Aug 2025 10:56 [img]https://i.ibb.co/jPc960Kb/1754712162171564.png[/img
https://archive.is/3zrp3
As the US president repeatedly spoke about how he prevented a nuclear war, Indian diplomats started to push back publicly against his version of events. The tensions came to a head in a June 17 phone call with Narendra Modi, which was held after Trump left the Group of Seven summit in Canada early and couldn’t meet the Indian leader in person.
In the 35-minute conversation, Modi told Trump that the two nations directly discussed a ceasefire upon Pakistan’s request following a bombardment by India. Modi said India “does not and will never accept mediation,” according to an Indian readout, adding that Trump “listened carefully.”
While India had no problem if Trump met Pakistan’s civilian leaders, hosting Munir was seen as giving legitimacy to a military that Modi’s government accuses of supporting militant groups, they said. Wary that Trump would look to orchestrate a meeting between Munir and Modi, the Indian leader turned down an invitation to stop by the White House on the way back from Canada, they said, adding that he was also committed to visiting Croatia.Although the US never made a direct request for Modi to acknowledge Trump’s role in the ceasefire, India saw a shift in tone from the White House after that phone call, according to the officials in New Delhi. Once Trump began publicly attacking India, they added, it was clear the episode marked a turning point in the broader relationship.
One Indian official, who asked not to be identified, cited several missteps along the way. Negotiators underestimated the power of the farm lobby, Midwestern senators and dairy cooperatives, the official said, while also failing to prepare a fallback option that could produce a quick win if Trump escalated.
not disagreeing with you but without the presence of any evidence, the above is conjecture, till even a couple of weeks back, when trump was not so irate, there was a consensus that the attacks had taken place with the blessings of the chinese, realities of situations cannot morph to suit who india is besties with at any given momentdrnayar wrote: ↑09 Aug 2025 11:21
This is taking things at face value.
Not true
The emergence of a new Trump policy came much before , the pakis already had a good handle in the new administration ..EVEN BEFORE trump took office.
All this has is bound to happen.
Where do you think Munir found new found confidence to go through with the pahalgam terrorist attack . He knew for certain US would back him.