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16 May 23
Regulating crypto assets should help European Union member states close avenues for tax avoidance and tax fraud, leaders have said following an agreement.
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7 Jun 22
Digital technologies have opened a new front in the war against money laundering.
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28 Apr 22
The Central African Republic has become the second country to make the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender, following El Salvador’s move last year that faced criticism from global institutions.
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25 Mar 22
Authorities in Florida are working out how to accept tax payments in cryptocurrency, the governor of the US state has said.
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3 Feb 22
El Salvador has rejected calls by the IMF to halt plans to use Bitcoin as legal tender.
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17 Sep 21
El Salvador has been warned its adoption of bitcoin as a legal currency earlier this month could lead S&P Global to downgrade its rating.
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1 Sep 21
El Salvador’s legislative assembly has voted to create a $150m trust to help smooth the introduction of Bitcoin as an official currency next week.
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3 Aug 21
One month before El Salvador formally adopts Bitcoin as legal tender, the International Monetary Fund has published a warning that cryptocurrencies are “too volatile and unrelated to the real economy...
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9 Apr 21
Bitcoin “does not fulfil the basic properties of money” according to an executive board member at the European Central Bank.
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6 Aug 19
Cryptocurrency transactions in Brazil must now be reported to the government’s tax office in a bid by the authorities to hamper gang activity.
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29 Apr 19
India’s government is reportedly considering plans to ban the use of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, in a bid to tackle fraud and money laundering.
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7 Jan 19
Simone Rensch looks at whether state-backed digital currencies are the future and cash a thing of the past.
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30 Aug 18
The European Union is considering tightening up regulations around cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ripple and Ether, it has been reported.
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14 May 18
Zimbabwe’s central bank has banned cryptocurrency trading and processing, its governor has said.
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25 Apr 18
Iran has banned its domestic banks from dealing in cryptocurrencies due to money-laundering concerns, the country’s news agency IRNA said on Sunday.
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21 Mar 18
The United States has banned any financial transactions involving Venezuela’s new Petro cryptocurrency.
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13 Mar 18
Venezuela’s cryptocurrency is pretty much made out of thin air and is a desperate measure made by a country suffering one of the worst economic crisis of modern times, says finance academic Daniele...
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26 Feb 18
The European Union is ready to regulate cryptocurrencies if it is not done so at the global level, the bloc’s financial services chief has said.
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31 Jan 18
South Korea has no plans to ban cryptocurrency trading, the finance minister confirmed last week, following speculation it could follow China’s example and block all virtual coin platforms.
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22 Jan 18
Sweden could become the first country to issue its own digital currency within the next few years.
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16 Jan 18
Ukraine is looking for ways to regulate cryptocurrencies amid concerns of growing national security risk.
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12 Jan 18
The Ministry of Justice in South Korea wants to ban cryptocurrencies amid concerns about tax evasion and crime.
16 May 23Regulating crypto assets should help European Union member states close avenues for tax avoidance and tax fraud, leaders have said following an agreement.
7 Jun 22Digital technologies have opened a new front in the war against money laundering.
28 Apr 22The Central African Republic has become the second country to make the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender, following El Salvador’s move last year that faced criticism from global institutions.
17 Sep 21El Salvador has been warned its adoption of bitcoin as a legal currency earlier this month could lead S&P Global to downgrade its rating.
1 Sep 21El Salvador’s legislative assembly has voted to create a $150m trust to help smooth the introduction of Bitcoin as an official currency next week.
6 Aug 19Cryptocurrency transactions in Brazil must now be reported to the government’s tax office in a bid by the authorities to hamper gang activity.
29 Apr 19India’s government is reportedly considering plans to ban the use of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, in a bid to tackle fraud and money laundering.
7 Jan 19Simone Rensch looks at whether state-backed digital currencies are the future and cash a thing of the past. web_digital_currency_istock-485732055-1.png ISTOCK...
12 Jan 18The Ministry of Justice in South Korea wants to ban cryptocurrencies amid concerns about tax evasion and crime.
