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These pieces cover India's Online Gaming Act 2025, the legal status of crypto and of Stake in India, and the 30% tax and 1% TDS on crypto transfers.

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· 7 minCrypto tax in India, by the text of sections 115BBH and 194S and the 2025 Act that replaced themIndia taxes income from transferring crypto at a flat 30% under section 115BBH, allowing only the cost of acquisition and no set-off of losses. Section 194S takes 1% TDS on transfers above Rs 10,000 a year, or Rs 50,000 for a specified person. From 1 April 2026 both rules sit in the Income-tax Act 2025. · 8 minIndia's Online Gaming Act 2025, section by section, and what it means for offshore crypto casinosThe Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025 bans offering, advertising and processing payments for any online money game, skill or chance, from 1 May 2026. Offering carries up to 3 years or Rs 1 crore. Only 2 of 24 crypto casinos on the CryptoGuardz register name India in their own restricted lists. · 8 minIs crypto legal in India? The RBI ban, the 2020 court ruling, the 30% tax and FIU-IND registrationOwning and trading crypto is legal in India. The RBI's 2018 ban on banks serving crypto firms was set aside by the Supreme Court on 4 March 2020, gains are taxed at 30% under a 2022 amendment with 1% TDS on transfers, and since March 2023 exchanges serving Indians must register with FIU-IND or face blocking. · 6 minIs Stake legal in India? What the 2025 Act, the state laws and Stake's own terms saySection 5 of India's Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025 prohibits offering online money games, and section 7 bars banks from processing them. Stake's own list of 45 prohibited jurisdictions, read on 4 October 2026, does not name India, and clause 4.5(b) puts the legal risk on the player.

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