Search Results for: virtual currency
Tax Coalition formed to help developed effective tax policies for the virtual currency markets
March 10th, 2017
The Chamber of Digital Commerce and Steptoe & Johnson LLP today announce the formation of the Digital Assets Tax Policy Coalition, a Washington, DC-based coalition created to help develop effective and efficient tax policies for the growing virtual currency ...
European Commission Considering Limits on Virtual Currency Transactions
February 1st, 2017
The European Commission has released an Inception Impact Assessment considering transaction limits on virtual currency transactions as it steps up efforts in its fight against the financing of terrorism. On 2 February, 2016, the Commission published a Communication to ...
DFS grants virtual currency license to Coinbase
January 18th, 2017
Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo today announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved the application of Coinbase, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc., for a virtual currency and a ...
Japan set to drop sales tax on buying virtual currency
October 12th, 2016
Japan looks to end sales-tax collection on purchases of virtual currencies in the spring, a move likely to propel the growth of bitcoin and others as alternatives to traditional money. The change would reduce costs for buyers and relieve operators of ...
Virtual Currency that is rival to Bitcoin, attracts attention and has soared in value
March 28th, 2016
A new virtual gold rush is underway. Even as Bitcoin, riven by internal divisions, has struggled, a rival virtual currency — known as Ethereum — has soared in value, climbing 1,000 percent over the last three months. Beyond the ...
History of Bitcoin: The journey of a virtual currency
September 3rd, 2015
The biggest thing to hit the global market since the invention of currency is the word “Bitcoin”. What started merely as an alternate electronic payment system soon became the seventh wonder of modern economy. But while most of us ...
ESMA is seeking information on new developments in virtual currency investment
April 22nd, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a call for evidence on investments using virtual currency or distributed ledger technology. ESMA is seeking information and views from stakeholders on new developments in how virtual currency technology is ...
Top Global Law Firm: Virtual Currency is Here to Stay
March 17th, 2015
“Virtual currency is here to stay”, according to a partner at one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the US. Judith Alison Lee, partner in the Washington, DC, office of global law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, was ...
Inside Bitcoins Conference and Expo Will Feature Over 40 Virtual Currency Experts and 21 Sessions
September 5th, 2014
Inside Bitcoins , the leading international conference and expo exploring the business opportunities and threats posed by the growth of cryptocurrencies, debuts in London, 15-16 September, 2014. Taking place at the Grange St. Pauls Hotel, on the doorstep of ...
Bitcoin.com co-founder sells entire stash, calls it ‘virtually unusable’ as a currency
December 19th, 2017
In an interview with Swedish website Breakit, Emil Oldenburg, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Bitcoin.com — which offers various services including mining, currency exchange and wallet storage — warned very high fees and long transaction waiting times ...
