Financiers and investors fear that a “no deal” Brexit could spell “bust” for Ireland and the nations’ blockchain industry.
Ireland News
Ireland is a unitary parliamentary republic in northwest Europe with an area of 70 thousand kilometers and a population of nearly five million people. Ireland has one of the highest GDPs per capita and human development indexes in the world. Ireland’s liberal economic policies resulted in some of the fastest growths of GDP, domestic investments and technology development in the world. Ireland has issued no regulations on Bitcoin and does not consider it to be legal tender. However, the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland are considering implementing a Bitcoin tax into the taxation system of gains and value-added taxes. Also there no regulations in Ireland on Bitcoin mining and Bitcoin exchange. Ireland’s Blockchain Association helps Irish businesses and policy-makers to apply blockchain technology and has an aim of making Ireland the “most blockchain literate nation.”
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The Irish Cabinet has approved stricter laws to deal with money laundering, including crypto use in funding terrorism.
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A Dublin-headquartered startup has teamed up with the Irish Red Cross to use blockchain technology in a new app.
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by Ana Berman
The Irish High Court has ruled that a convicted man’s crypto, which was discovered after the initial investigation and sentencing, could be confiscated as “proc...
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has opened an office in Dublin in the face of Brexit.
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UK finance minister Philip Hammond has said that the integration of blockchain could solve the issue of the Irish border upon Brexit.
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Privacy-oriented Brave browser has filed complaints against Google for violating E.U. regulations on user data privacy.
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by Helen Partz
The owner of a leading Irish Bitcoin broker has accused banking institutions of discriminating against crypto-related businesses.
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MoneyConf – streamed live by Cointelegraph from Dublin – includes a range of speakers from the crypto sphere, the government, and Wall Street.
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DHL, TradeIX partner to offer blockchain solutions that will increase visibility and reduce risk for DHL product offerings.
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Visa card payments are not working across the UK and Europe in a sharp contrast to Bitcoin’s 99.99% uptime since the network’s inception.
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Following publication of a study on blockchain adoption in Ireland, academics call on the government for adoption initiative.
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by Helen Partz
Mastercard Ireland will hire 175 new employees, including Blockchain specialists, to “drive payments innovation.”
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by Jon Buck
Irish Tech Startup Releases Wearable Cryptocurrency Device
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