Interview
MakerDAO’s Gustav Arentoft talks decentralization and regional expansion in a new interview with Cointelegraph.
2023
Denmark News
The Kingdom of Denmark is a Scandinavian country with a total area — including Greenland and the Faroe Islands — of two million kilometers and a population of little less than 6 million people. Denmark is a developed, free-market economy with one of the highest GDPs per capita in the world. Denmark is also one of the main centers of science and technology development, participating in such projects as European Organization for Nuclear Research, the International Space Station and others. Denmark is a part of the development of blockchain technology, having a highly educated population and advantageous investment climate. Bitcoin in not regulated in Denmark. Danish authorities allow the usage of Bitcoin as a payment tool, as an asset and as a good. However, Bitcoin is not considered to be currency or a legal tender. Bitcoin exchanges in Denmark are not a part of any regulatory authority’s jurisdiction and are free to perform any legal activity.
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Chainalysis, a provider of crypto transaction data for IRS and FBI, does not think that privacy coins are bad despite not being able to fully track them.
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Law enforcement requests to cryptocurrency exchange Kraken hit their highest ever volume in 2019, rising 49% to 710 as compared with 475 the previous year.
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Denmark-based cryptocurrency users have begun receiving letters from the local tax agency requesting a full background of all their cryptocurrency transactions.
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Is Nordea Bank’s controversial Bitcoin ban protecting employees from themselves or using crypto as a scapegoat?
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Three national units of the Red Cross are backing a blockchain-based currency scheme to enhance aid delivery and boost local economies.
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A 33-year old Danish man laundered $450,000 by depositing dirty money in Bitcoin and sending it to exchanges overseas.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen will advise the Swiss platform on identity two months after it released its proof-of-concept.
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The Android version of major web browser Opera now integrates a function that lets its users purchase Ethereum.
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Danish state-owned energy company Energinet aims to use Iota Tangle to develop IoT-based products and services.
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Denmark’s Tax Authority has been authorized by the country’s Tax Council to obtain information from three domestic crypto exchanges.
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Danish authorities are going after those who traded Bitcoin for profit but did not yet declare the extra income.
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Japanese financial services giant SBI Group will develop a wallet following a partnership with Danish cryptography services firm Sepior ApS.
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Denmark has joined the EU member state blockchain partnership, announcing it will become the ‘first’ country to register ships on blockchain.
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Nordea, the largest Scandinavian bank, could be taken to court over its employee Bitcoin ban if it punishes workers for owning legal bitcoins.
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