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Survey reveals that American investors are looking to cash in from their Bitcoin investments by 2018.
Lisa Froelings
Lisa Froelings, is a productivity consultant with over four years of experience in human resources working for a major retailer in the US before she decided to build her own small business. Her interests include technology, user experience, cryptocurrencies and how they impact small businesses. You may connect with her on Twitter.
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Why Financial Regulators Should Study Cryptocurrencies? Monetary regulators should study cryptocurrencies to better regulate them, according to Singapore’s Monetary Authority.
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Ukrainian Top Lawmaker Wants to Exempt Crypto Income and Profits from Taxation The Ukrainian Parliament’s Committee on Tax and Customs Policy Chairperson, Nina Yuzhanina, has filed a bill suggesting tax exemptions on virtual currencies
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Bitcoin Continues Usage Acceptance Especially in Australia Bitcoin has sustained its growing acceptance as a ‘complementary’ currency to the official monetary systems around the world, especially in Australia.
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US Treasury Department Investigates Illegal Uses of Bitcoin US Treasury Department Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that his department is conducting an investigation on the illegal applications of the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin.
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Deloitte Reports More Than 26,000 Blockchain Projects Launched in 2016 Professional services major Deloitte claims that over 26,000 new Blockchain technology-based projects were launched on the code repository GitHub in 2016.
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Reserve Bank of India Hints on Possible Ban on Cryptocurrencies India’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has announced its plan to ban the use of virtual currencies as a form of payment across the country but has shown its support to Blockchain.
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Digital Currencies, ICO-Based Tokens Are Securities, Says Kiwi Finance Regulator The New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has claimed that the cryptocurrencies or any initial coin offering (ICO)-derived token will be considered as a security in the country.
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Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Plans Blockchain-Based Electronic Payment System The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has announced its intention to integrate Blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) to its electronic payment system.
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SEC Warns Celebrity-Endorsed Initial Coin Offerings Could Be Illegal The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned that the initial coin offerings (ICO) that were endorsed by celebrities could be illegal.
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Iranian Government Plans New Infrastructure for Bitcoin Users Iranian government plans to implement a new infrastructure for Bitcoin users in the country.
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Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Regulations Are ‘Unnecessary,’ Reserve Bank of Australia Reserve Bank of Australia’s Payments Policy Department officials claim that the cryptos and Blockchain do not pose urgent regulatory issues so far.
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UAE Central Bank Governor Warns Against Use of Cryptocurrencies as a Medium of Payment United Arab Emirates (UAE) Central Bank Governor Mubarak Rashid al-Mansouri has issued a warning to the public against the use of virtual currencies as a medium of exchange due to the lack of control.
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Vietnamese Central Bank Bans Cryptocurrencies Vietnam’s central bank, State Bank of Vietnam has declared the use of digital currencies in the country as illegal.
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South Korea to Regulate Bitcoin as Commodity, Says Bank of Korea Governor South Korean central bank Bank of Korea governor, Lee Joo-yeol, has announced that Bitcoin will be regulated as a commodity rather than as a currency.
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TokoBitcoin, BitBayar Shut Down Operations After Bank of Indonesia’s Bitcoin Ban Indonesia-based Bitcoin payment platforms TokoBitcoin and BitBayar have reportedly shut down their operations.
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Dubai Hosts Government-Backed Graduation of Ethereum Blockchain Developers Dubai hosts its first government-backed Blockchain developer training program and awards certificates to the first batch of graduates.
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Indonesian Central Bank Continues Campaign Against Cryptocurrencies, Bans Bitcoin as Method of Payment The Indonesian Central Bank ordered a ban on the use of Bitcoin as a method of payment.
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China Moves Towards Tougher Bitcoin Regulation, But Not to Outright Ban: Jihan Wu Details emerge on how China is advancing its campaign against the digital currency sector.
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