Bitcoin future in Canada

Bitcoin future in Canada

Recent posts from Canada describe steps that have been taken in this country forward bitcoin popularization, including launching of ATM in a coffee shop in Vancouver. Moreover, during the only one week of bitcoin ATM work in Vancouver, over 100,000 Canadian dollars were traded. Since then, the operators of bitcoin ATM – Bitconiacs company stated that other cities in Canada are also ready to launch similar ATM quite soon. In the beginning of November 2013 the Canadian government and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has published an official release on bitcoin - entitled ‘What you should know....


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