פאראגווייאַן קריפּטאָקוררענסי געזעץ שעלווד נאָך פּרעסידענטיאַל וועטאָ - רעגולירן ביטקאָין נייַעס

The cryptocurrency and mining law that the Paraguayan Congress passed in June was finally shelved on Dec. 5. The document, which sought to bring order to crypto mining and exchange activities in Paraguay, was ultimately dropped after failing to obtain the votes needed to reject the presidential veto it received.

Paraguayan Crypto Law Dropped After Support Wanes

The Paraguayan cryptocurrency law that was introduced in Congress in 2021 was finally שעלווד after not receiving the support it needed in the Deputy Chamber. The project, which was וויטאָוד in September by President Mario Abdo, failed to gather the votes needed in order to reject this veto.

The veto had previously been פארווארפן by the Paraguayan senate, which aimed to approve and pass the law without presidential support. The veto had the support of the Commission for Industry, Commerce, Tourism, and Cooperatives; while the Economic and Financial Affairs, and the Fight against Drug Trafficking, Related and Serious Illicit Activities commissions rejected the motion.

Some deputies questioned the veto, stating that the cryptocurrency issue must be studied and regulated due to its importance. In this vein, deputy Sebastian Garcia criticized this outcome, stating that with this move, the cryptocurrency subject will remain in an “absolute informality.”

Reasons for Supporting the Veto Motion

One of the biggest reasons wielded by President Mario Abdo and other deputies to exert a complete veto on this bill has to do with the determinations it makes about the power delivered to cryptocurrency miners. Abdo stated that cryptocurrency mining was an activity featuring “high consumption of electrical energy, but little use of labor.”

Also, the law established limits for the fees that crypto miners pay for the power delivered to their operations. This would clash with the method of determining power tariffs by the National Power Administration (ANDE), an organization that also שטיצט the veto measure after having found several cryptocurrency farms that were connected illegally to the power network.

Deputy Arnaldo Samaniego argued that rejecting the veto motion would put ANDE in a tight spot, facing potential losses of up to $30 million. Deputy Jose Rodriguez also supported this position, explaining that the organization could not operate with losses derived from this law.

This development puts the cryptocurrency regulation efforts in Paraguay back at square one, with legislators having to once more propose and discuss a hypothetical new cryptocurrency law.

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סערגיאָ איז אַ קריפּטאָקוררענסי זשורנאַליסט באזירט אין ווענעזועלאַ. ער באשרייבט זיך ווי שפּעט צו די שפּיל, אַרייַן די קריפּטאָספערע ווען די פּרייַז העכערונג געטראפן בעשאַס דעצעמבער 2017. מיט אַ קאָמפּיוטער ינזשעניעריע הינטערגרונט, לעבעדיק אין ווענעזועלאַ, און ימפּאַקטיד דורך די קריפּטאָ קראַנטקייַט בום אויף אַ געזעלשאַפטלעך מדרגה, ער אָפפערס אַ אַנדערש פונט פון מיינונג וועגן קריפּטאָ הצלחה און ווי עס העלפּס די ונבאַנקעד און אַנדערסערווד.

בילד קרעדיץ: שוטטערסטאָקק, פּיקסאַבייַ, Wiki Commons