UAE Central Bank: We Are Not Banning Bitcoin
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has clarified past statements about a prohibition on “virtual currencies”, confirming that new rules released last month don’t apply to bitcoin. As reported by CoinDesk at the time, the UAE central bank released a digital payments framework on 1st January. That policy document included the stipulation that "all virtual currencies (and any transactions thereof) are prohibited", prompting questions about both the definition of "virtual currency" the central bank was relying on as well as the exact scope and nature of the....
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