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2014-02-01 Crypto-Timeline

Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in crypto-currencies’ race to maturity with links to trusted sources.

The  Key January 2014 Crypto-Events were:

• 1/1/2014 – Bitcoin ASIC manufacturer facing lawsuits over alleged false advertising
• 1/2/2014 – Lebanon’s central bank issues Bitcoin warning
• 1/3/2014 – Malaysian central bank has no plans to regulate Bitcoin
• 1/6/2014 – Taiwan regulators block Robocoin Bitcoin ATMs
• 1/7/2014 – German central bank official issues another Bitcoin warning
• 1/8/2014 – China’s largest online shopping site banks Bitcoin trading and sales of related products
• 1/9/2014 – Hong Kong treasury official issues Bitcoin warning
• 1/9/2014 – Singapore lays out tax rules for Bitcoin
• 1/9/2014 – Overstock.com starts accepting bitcoins
• 1/10/2014 – Backed by Lloyd’s of London, new UK startup offers insured Bitcoin vault
• 1/14/2014 – Wells Fargo calls Bitcoin summit on ‘rules of engagement’
• 1/15/2014 – French Senate holds hearings on Bitcoin and digital currencies
• 1/15/2014 – Irish lawmaker calls for investigation into Bitcoin and the Deep Web Continue reading →