Pakistan finds itself on the edge as Mufti Taqi Uthmaani rules dealing in cryptocurrency Haraam.

The question to ask is how long ago has Hazrat Moulana Ahmed Sadeq Desai حفظه الله of Port Elizabeth better known as the “The Majlis” been saying this. Now if we put our bias nature aside and look at the reality we will save ourselves from lots of harm in this Dunya and Aakhirah.
Alhamdulillah this fatwa of Mufti Taqi Uthmaani came but in the interim how many people got tangled in this mess.
A quick search shows a fatwa by Moulana Ahmed Sadeq Desai released in the beginning of 2018:

BITCOIN IS NOT CURRENCY
It is for this reason Hazrat Moulana Maseehullah Khan Jalaalaabadi Rahmatullahi Alaihi said:
“یہ مولوی احمد صادق دیسای مفتیوں کا مفتی ہے”
“Molwi Ahmed Sadeq Desai is the Mufti of all Mufti’s”
Moulana Ahmed Sadeq Desai said it then that this a plot of the Yahood:
“The notion that bitcoin or any other form of crypto ‘currency’ is real currency is baseless. This idea is based on lack of understanding of the issue. Only if the government declares bitcoin to be legal currency, will it assume the status of currency in terms of the Shariah.Presently it is ignorance to understand that bitcoin is currency.
Only if an ordinary illiterate is able to buy a loaf of bread with bitcoin will it be understood that this plot of the Yahood and other sinister forces has attained the status of currency despite the massive fraud and satanism underlying it.”
Ummati Islamic Website