Paraguayan president Mario Abdo Bentez vetoed a plan that would have regulated Cryptocurrency. On Monday, the relevant bill will go into effect with the goal of legalizing cryptocurrency mining within the state or territory and treating it as an industrial activity. The high cost of electricity used in mining was brought up as a potential barrier to developing mining into a nationwide sector.
The court argued that bitcoin mining consumes a disproportionate amount of capital relative to its human use, meaning it does not provide any added value when compared to traditional manufacturing. In many parts of the world, the cryptocurrency industry is viewed as one of the most promising for creating new jobs.
The President of Paraguay has vetoed a bill that would have regulated cryptocurrencies.
According to LinkedIn’s Economic Graph, there was a 615 percent increase in the number of job postings for blockchain and cryptocurrency-related roles in the United States last year compared to the year before. According to the bill’s sponsor, Senator Fernando Silva Facetti, the law was meant to promote cryptocurrency mining through the use of excess electricity, but authorities in Paraguay have reportedly begun to ignore such activities.
After some delay, on July 14 the county senate approved the relevant proposal, proclaiming that crypto should be recognized as a business operation. Therefore, they put a 15% tax on all cryptocurrency-related business transactions. Nevertheless, the ruling provides an indirect incentive to these operations, which is helpful.
It reveals that crypto mining rig owners will indirectly gain from a rate increase of only a small fraction of a percentage point above the current industrial rate. According to the report, during the past year, industrial investment inside the jurisdiction increased by approximately 220% to USD 319M.
Paraguay’s GDP rises thanks to crypto mining, but the industry uses a lot of power in the process.
Alternatively, the country’s GDP increased by more than 4% throughout the course of the previous five years. In order to remain competitive, Paraguay’s manufacturing sector may soon require all of the electricity generated and stored within the country.
The ruling went on to state that, if the country wanted to increase its crypto mining at the present time, it would have to import electricity from abroad within the next four years. The legislation, which has already passed the Senate, mandates that the miners apply for a license and seek permission for energy usage at an industrial level.
