More Regulations Coming to Bitcoin Exchanges Against ‘Economic Crimes’

More Regulations Coming to Bitcoin Exchanges Against ‘Economic Crimes’

Europol, Interpol and the Basel Institute on Governance have revealed three focus areas for their planned regulations on cryptocurrency exchanges. Regulations are Definitely Coming. A sure sign that Bitcoin has become more mainstream and accepted than ever is the increase in regulations. Nations are looking for tax revenue from Bitcoin users, and government law enforcement agencies are treating Bitcoin just as they would any other publicly traded currency. Recently, Europol, Interpol and the Basel Institute on Governance have announced that they are going to be much more active with their....


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