Research and Markets: Global Digital Currency Regulations Report 2014 Featuring BitCoin, DigiCash, e-gold & Mt. Gox
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/sz26rh/global_digital) has announced the addition of the "Global Digital Currency Regulations: Divergent Paths"report to their offering.
Consumers' fevered interest in the digital currency Bitcoin has abated considerably since spring 2014, but since then a number of countries around the world have announced new regulatory positions or indicated that regulation is imminent that directly affects the ability for consumers, businesses, or financial entities to handle and process digital currency transactions.
Authorities globally have approached regulating digital currencies with a wide spectrum of positions, from positive to neutral to negative. This divergence makes providing the technology to support digital currency transactions increasingly difficult for payment industry players interested in making digital currencies as accessible a payment option for consumers as traditional payment instruments like cash, checks, or popular electronic alternatives like debit, credit, and prepaid cards.
This report reviews the current state of regulations for digital currencies around the world. It provides an overview of the history of digital currencies and subsequent regulation, followed by discussion of the five types of regulation, with examples of each type around the world. The analyst considers the impact digital currency regulations that likely in the near future could have on the growth of currencies like Bitcoin.
Highlights of the note include:
- An overview of the history of digital currencies and their regulation
- A map of digital currency regulation around the world
- A review of the types of regulation imposed on digital currencies and specific country examples
Companies Mentioned
- DigiCash
- e-gold
- Mt. Gox
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/sz26rh/global_digital
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