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2014-06-01 Crypto-Timeline

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 MAY 2014 Crypto-Events were:

• 5/1/14 – Bank of Canada unconcerned about Bitcoin’s growing popularity
• 5/1/14 – Idaho releases investor advisory on digital currency
• 5/5/14 – US government to study Bitcoin as possible terrorist threat
• 5/7/14 – US SEC warns Bitcoin’s hype may put investors at risk
• 5/8/14 – Two more Chinese banks to close bitcoin trading accounts
• 5/8/14 – Dutch Central Bank: Bitcoin ‘no viable alternative’ to fiat currency
• 5/8/14 – US Federal Election Commission allows use of bitcoins for donations to political committees
• 5/9/14 – Japan makes first Bitcoin-related drug arrest
• 5/13/14 – Bank of Canada says Bitcoin could destabilize global finance
• 5/14/14 – Paying workers in bitcoins may be illegal under Swiss law
• 5/14/14 – Indiana releases Bitcoin investor advisory
• 5/14/14 – Japan Ministry to track illegal Bitcoin deals
• 5/19/14 – New Mexico state Securities Division issues consumer warning on Bitcoin
• 5/19/14 – Dutch court declares bitcoin isn’t money in civil trial
• 5/21/14 – European Central Bank: bitcoin a risky alternative to the euro
• 5/23/14 – Spanish regulation to treat taxation of bitcoin like cash
• 5/23/14 – Spanish tax authority is monitoring Bitcoin for use in illicit activities
• 5/23/14 – Maine regulators issue investor advisory on digital currencies
• 5/23/14 – German bitcoin tax proposal would sting merchants twice
• 5/26/14 – Massachusetts regulator on Bitcoin: “We want to make sure when we act we get it right”
• 5/27/14 – Polish tax authority: Bitcoin mining profits subject to 23% VAT
• 5/28/14 – Argentina Central Bank issues warning to burgeoning Bitcoin ecosystem

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