Breaking News: Norway Doesn't Consider Bitcoin a Legitimate Currency

Breaking News: Norway Doesn't Consider Bitcoin a Legitimate Currency

Bad news for Bitcoin. Bitcoin has just taken another hit. Norway's director general of taxation, Hans Christian Holte, doesn't consider Bitcoin real money. Instead, the Norwegian government will consider Bitcoin as an asset subject to capital gains tax. Furthermore, there will be a high 25% sales tax for businesses making transactions in Bitcoin. According to Holte, "[Bitcoin] doesn't fall under the usual definition of money." Norway isn't the first country to reject Bitcoin as a legitimate currency. A lot of Asian countries have had similar policies towards the cryptocurrency. Earlier....


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