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
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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