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Pakistan’s Crypto Regulator Fights to Save Asset-Backed Tokens from a Total Ban

Pakistani regulator is pushing for a nuanced religious stance on digital currencies after an influential seminary’s ruling threatened to stall the country’s ambitious digital asset plans. Internal Debates Over Shariah C…

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Pakistani regulator is pushing for a nuanced religious stance on digital currencies after an influential seminary’s ruling threatened to stall the country’s ambitious digital asset plans. Internal Debates Over Shariah Compliance Pakistan’s virtual assets regulator has asked the country’s most influential Islamic seminary to clarify the difference between speculative cryptocurrencies and asset-backed digital tokens, after [...]

Pakistani regulator is pushing for a nuanced religious stance on digital currencies after an influential seminary’s ruling threatened to stall the country’s ambitious digital asset plans. Internal Debates Over Shariah Compliance Pakistan’s virtual assets regulator has asked the country’s most influential Islamic seminary to clarify the difference between speculative cryptocurrencies and asset-backed digital tokens, after [...]

Published
Jul 16, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026
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Bitcoin News
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