Weekend Roundup: Bitcoin Exchange Takes Tax Authority to Court, BIT Becomes World's First Public BTC Fund
Google Adsense dropped Antiwar.com, an alternative media organization that has been covering war crimes and American interventionism for over a decade, in reference to images of Abu Ghraib detainees being abused by US troops in Iraq dating back to 2006 defined as "too gory." According to Eric Garris, founder of Antiwar.com: Swedish bitcoin exchange BTCX, has been requested by the local Tax Authority to disclose transaction history of the company's 20,000 customers. The exchange is taking the Swedish Tax Authority to court, qualifying the demand as an "extremely intrusive" data request.....
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Canada’s tax authority is reportedly asking a federal court to force cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare to hand over information and certain documents on all of its users since the beginning of 2013. The Canadian crypto exchange has over 200,000 users. Canada Revenue Agency Wants Data on All Coinsquare Users The Canadian tax authority has asked a federal judge to force Coinsquare “to hand over information and certain documents about all its clients” since the beginning of 2013, the National Post reported on Friday, elaborating: The Canada Revenue Agency wants to know the....
On Wednesday, it was reported that the crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) was liquidated by a British Virgin Islands court and following the alleged liquidation, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has reprimanded 3AC for misleading regulators. Furthermore, reports claim that liquidators in Singapore are attempting to seize the properties owned by 3AC co-founder Su Zhu and his wife.
Monetary Authority of Singapore Accuses 3AC of Misleading Regulators and Exceeding AUM limits
The troubled crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital Ltd., otherwise known as 3AC, seems....
Regulatory attitudes towards cryptocurrencies around the world are shifting. Hardly a day goes by without a central bank issuing a warning on the digital currency. However, it's not all bad news - as some authorities are taking a much more positive approach. In CoinDesk's regulation roundup, Certified Public Accountant and ACFE Certified Fraud Examiner Jason Tyra examines the most significant digital currency news from the world's regulators and law courts over the past two weeks. MT. Gox: Frozen assets. Mt. Gox has now filed for bankruptcy protection both in the United States and in....
A court in the Arkhangelsk region ruled last summer Binance should be blocked, but the exchange wasn't notified until months later.
A Florida court has frozen the assets of the digital currency exchange Cryptsy and placed it under receivership, months after it collapsed amid claims that it had been the target of a hack. The court-appointed monitor, James Sallah, was selected after a request by the plaintiffs in a class action law suit filed against the exchange in January. That lawsuit stemmed from problems with customer fund withdrawals that had worsened for months before withdrawals and trading activities were suspended entirely. Prior to its shutdown, Cryptsy said that it had outstanding customer liabilities of....