Bitcoin Controls on European Commission President’s 2017 Priority List

Bitcoin Controls on European Commission President’s 2017 Priority List

The European Parliament has released a new report, focusing on digital currencies like bitcoin for the first time, in a bid to tackle anti-money laundering (AML) issues, which is a priority that the European Commission hopes to achieve by the end of 2017. Before his election as President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker set out policy priorities, which would serve as his Commission’s guidelines for the following five years. With the stated aim of focusing on the ‘big things’, Juncker outlined ten key areas in which he wanted ‘the EU to make a difference and deliver concrete....


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