Pakistan News » FATA News Pakistan » FATA » Cryptocurrencies: Pakistan was flying high on crypto love. Darul Uloom fatwa sends govt in a tailspin
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Published on: Thursday 16 July 2026
Pakistan has around 2 crore crypto users—far more than the 4.2 lakh people who invest in the capital market—placing the country among the world's top 10 for crypto trading.
News Pakistan » FATA » Cryptocurrencies: Is Bitcoin haram? Pakistan's most powerful cleric declares crypto forbidden, triggers selloff
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/is-bitcoin-haram-pakistans-most-powerful-cleric-declares-crypto-forbidden-triggers-selloff/ar-AA27XucI
Published on: Wednesday 15 July 2026
Pakistan's ambitions in cryptocurrency are challenged by a fatwa from prominent Islamic scholar Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, which deems trading cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum "haram." ...