Most companies in the cryptocurrency sector will soon be affected by the consequences of Decree No. 2019-1213 of November 21, 2019 on digital asset service providers (DASPs). The deadline is short: the last texts implementing the decree (two instructions and … Read More
The first part of this article is available here. II – The “police”… and Bitcoin The relationship between police officers, gendarmes, customs officers (“gendarmes”) and Bitcoin is not well known. Yet they exist. An analysis of press releases shows that … Read More
Faced with the headlines of some newspapers that associate the word bitcoin with “sulphurous”, “scam” or “danger”, many people, uninformed, still have the reflex to associate bitcoin with the darknet. What is the reality? Are we in the “Wild West”? … Read More
I – Background The strong rise in cryptocurrencies in 2017 attracted a large number of new investors, many willing to do anything to make big profits. It also attracted a number of dubious players who were claiming high rates of … Read More
Accusations that Bitcoin is being used to fund terrorism have just been invalidated by a January 2016 Europol report. Let’s remember: after the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris in January and November 2015, many voices were raised against Bitcoin, accusing it … Read More
Following the collapse of MtGox, a Tokyo-based currency exchange platform, in which thousands of users lost their Bitcoins, Japan was the first country to be forced to establish regulations for Bitcoin. The country’s lawyers were then faced with the legal … Read More
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled for the first time on bitcoin! In a landmark ruling of 22 October 2015, the Court declares that I) the provision of bitcoin exchanges for traditional currency is a supply … Read More
On 6 October, the Governors of some 30 Commonwealth central banks, meeting in Lima (Peru), expressed serious concerns about the negative effect of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism regulations on remittances and discussed the use of new money technologies, such as … Read More
In Australia, 17 companies operating in the bitcoin sector have just had their bank accounts closed without explanation. In a series of articles by Paul Smith, The Australian Financial Review reports that Senator Canavan, alerted by the bitcoin companies, has just … Read More
The Spanish website “sobrebitcoin.com” reported on 2 September a Tokyo District Court ruling published by Kyodo in “The Japan Times” on 6 August 2015 that bitcoins do not confer a property right. The case was that a Tokyo resident (not … Read More