Vault of Satoshi Approved by FINTRAC
Vault of Satoshi- a Canadian-based bitcoin and alt-currency exchange - made huge news this past February by announcing their approval as a Money Transmitting Business (MTB) with FINTRAC. What is FINTRAC and why should I care? FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada) is Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist....
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It seems like there's no shortage of bitcoin exchanges out there. But how can you really know which one to trust? One of the ways is to follow their announcements. If they're ordinarily quiet (see Mt. Gox) you might have something to worry about. If they, on the other hand, are vocal about their operations, that's another story altogether. Enter Vault of Satoshi. I've been following this exchange for some time now, and I personally like what they're doing. The Canada-based exchange announced today the full acquisition of their money service business license in the country (this is similar....
Canadian bitcoin exchange Vault of Satoshi announced today it had gained a full Money Services Business license in its native country, after spending "some time" in a probationary period. Announcing the license on Reddit, Director of Marketing Adam Cochran wrote: "Vault of Satoshi has always gone the extra mile to be a 'by the books' exchange. We've always been a registered corporation, let users know who we are, always reported to FinTrac, we follow all the same regulations as a currency exchange, and we operate inside all Canadian regulations on financial services." The license is....
BRANTFORD, June 24th, 2014 - Vault of Satoshi, Canada's leading cryptocurrency exchange, announced June 20th that it is releasing the dividend-producing bitcoin investment, called Divcoin, today, June 24th. Instead of selling contracts that would otherwise bind users, Vault of Satoshi is representing mining contracts with a coin. Based out of their Brantford, Ontario headquarters, Vault of Satoshi will be mining bitcoins and paying out daily dividends to those who buy the coin. Vault of Satoshi is enabling the purchase of Divcoin starting June 20th, 2014 to both current clients and the....
Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Vault of Satoshi recently updated its clients about their concrete decision to shut down next month - on February 5th. According to the founders, their exchange was running smoothly - without any insolvency, stolen funds, and any other ill-fated scenario - so people should not perceive anything negative about Vault of Satoshi. On the other hand, the decision to seal this exchange forever was taken to fulfill other, and better, opportunities. Here is an excerpt that explains it better: "Our founders and team of developers began work on a new,....
Vault of Satoshi announces full public proof of solvency, one-uping third-party audits. Monday, the Canadian-based cryptocurrency exchange Vault of Satoshi, announced the launch of a public proof of solvency service. The company says it is the first to do so - outmaneuvering the third-party auditing efforts of rivaling exchanges. In essence, Vault of Satoshi is publishing their cold storage for the public to view. Customers can check the company's total reserves on the website with the company security center and verify the reported reserves with an independent tool. Because of security....