Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the race of crypto-currencies to maturity with links to trusted sources.
The Key APRIL 2014 Crypto-Events were:
- 4/2/14 – Bitcoin digital currency exchange deemed illegal in Vietnam
- 4/3/14 – Texas momorandum outline Bitcoin exchange guidelines
- 4/4/14 – Bulgaria issues new taxation guidelines for digital currency
- 4/7/14 – Dutch regulator says Bitcoin is technology, not money
- 4/7/14 – Royal Canadian Mint ditches MintChip digital currency project
- 4/8/14 – Brazil to tax investors, not everyday users
- 4/8/14 – Bank of Japan governer: bitcoin is too unreliable to be a currency
- 4/8/14 – US Attorney General keeping and eye on Bitcoin
- 4/9/14 – National Australia Bank turns back on Bitcoin, closes accounts
- 4/10/14 – Florida bitcoin money laundering case tests the system
- 4/11/14 – Cyprus issues arrest warrant for Neo & Bee’s CEO Danny Brewster
- 4/12/14 – Chinese regulators make life hard for crypto-currencies
- 4/12/14 – Bitcoin promoter Shrem indicted in NY for money laundering
- 4/13/14 – France: Bitcoin revenues must be declared to tax authorities
- 4/23/14 – California regulators issue Consumer Advisory on Bitcoin
- 4/25/14 – Nevada regulators issue Consumer Advisory on Bitcoin
- 4/26/14 – BTC China halts renminbi account funding
- 4/28/14 – Ohio bans bitcoin for alcohol sales
- 4/29/14 – FinCEN declares Bitcoin cloud mining and escrow services are not money transmitters
- 4/30/14 – Reserve Bank of Australia: Bitcoin ‘limited risk’ to payment systems
For ease of tracking I’ve decided on the following discrete categories to classify all events:
- Banking: Refers to decisions made or stances taken by banks and other traditional financial institutions with respect to crypto-ventures, including adopting a digital currency strategy and banking operators
- Businesses: Includes decisions made by operators and businesses as a result of regulatory pressure or other risks facing them, as well as overall market-related news
- Enforcement Actions: Includes actual law enforcement actions on virtual currency operators anywhere in the world
- Rules & Regs: Refers to decisions made or stances taken by regulators, supervisors and policy-makers around the world
Please point me to any events that you consider important and would like to see on the log.
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