Regulations

Story: A lot of Shifts are expected in Cryptocurrency Law

By Dan Saada

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While there is so much public attention and expectation attached to cryptocurrency, it is just a small part in the financial world.

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Investors are to be protected from scammers and companies without true financial ethics.  The gains from these investments are to be taxed and regulated.

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Countries from across the world not limited to the US and Europe are focused on protecting the interest of investors from bad actors.

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In several legal cases filed in the US concerning trials related to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, the courts of law held that these investments have similar legal standing like…

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The CFTC looks at Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a form of the futures contract. Considering it as a commodity, it regulates interstate transactions related to…

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Money laundering is a process where ill-gotten funds are converted into legal funds.  These transactions happen in an anonymous way.

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When it comes to taxation, the decentralized nature of cryptocurrency cannot be provided as a reason for the tax exclusion.

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It is likely for the cryptocurrency market to venture into a bunch of crypto regulations from different nations.

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Privacy coins are likely to escalate and trigger the activities of regulators even further.  The cryptocurrency market situation is evolving.

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Tom Pageler, the Chief Security Officer at BitGo, stated, "We think that regulation is good, and it makes it, so the players who are trying to do this right and actually want to…

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