The EU Iron Fist to Hit Bitcoin and Other Digital Payments

The EU Iron Fist to Hit Bitcoin and Other Digital Payments

Triggered by the Paris and Brussels attacks, the proposed EU directive seeks to introduce stricter rules on the use of virtual currencies and prepaid cards. How will this affect Bitcoin and digital payments in general? CoinTelegraph spoke to Siân Jones, Founder of European Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology Forum, about the proposal and its possible outcomes. Anti-Money Laundering Directive. As Siân Jones told us, EU officials had been working on the new law since February, talking with virtual currency and prepaid card stakeholders and others, to draft the proposed new directive....


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