{"id":81913,"date":"2026-04-17T07:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=81913"},"modified":"2026-04-17T07:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:46:32","slug":"pakistans-crypto-leap-leaving-india-behind-here-are-how-the-two-south-asian-countries-compare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=81913","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s Crypto Leap Leaving India Behind? Here Are How The Two South Asian Countries Compare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Pakistan has lately accelerated efforts to integrate cryptocurrencies into its financial system, while neighboring rival India continues to take a more cautious approach, with limited progress toward comprehensive regulation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pakistan\u2019s Ambitious Crypto Push<\/h2>\n<p>In a notable shift, Pakistan&#8217;s central bank now allows banks to service licensed virtual asset providers, marking the end of an eight-year lull in regulated cryptocurrency activity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bilal Bin Saqib<\/strong>, Chairman of the country\u2019s federal regulator for virtual assets, said that the country will now move from \u201crestriction to regulation,\u201d and \u201cfrom ambiguity to institutional clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For nearly eight years, Pakistan&#8217;s virtual asset sector had activity but no lawful banking rails. That changes now.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateBank_Pak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateBank_Pak<\/a> enabling banks to open accounts for PVARA-licensed providers, Pakistan has moved from restriction to regulation, and from ambiguity to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JXEOl4vJSp\">https:\/\/t.co\/JXEOl4vJSp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bilal bin Saqib MBE (@Bilalbinsaqib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bilalbinsaqib\/status\/2044406268232929371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pakistan Attracting Big Players<\/h2>\n<p>The move is part of Pakistan&#8217;s ongoing cryptocurrency pivot, as it works to attract global players and position the country as a global hub of digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>It has\u00a0roped in\u00a0<strong>Binance\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BNB-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(CRYPTO:\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/bnb\/usd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BNB<\/a>)\u00a0co-founder\u00a0<strong>Changpeng Zhao<\/strong>\u00a0as strategic advisor of the Pakistan Crypto Council, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51876782\/pakistan-crypto-growth-vs-india-comparison-adoption-regulation?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Pakistan's\" crypto leap leaving india behind here are how the two south asian countries compare>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan has lately accelerated efforts to integrate cryptocurrencies into its financial system, while neighboring rival India continues to take a more cautious approach, with limited progress toward comprehensive regulation. Pakistan\u2019s Ambitious Crypto Push In a notable shift, Pakistan&#8217;s central bank now allows banks to service licensed virtual asset providers, marking the end of an eight-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-81913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}