Argentina Authorities Require Bitcoin Exchanges To Provide Transaction Data
Government authorities in Argentina are requiring cryptocurrency exchanges in the country to provide monthly data on users and transactions.Despite various anti-free market policies discouraging bitcoin use in Argentina, adoption has continued to accelerate in the capital control-stricken country. In the government’s most recent move, the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP), essentially the Argentinian version of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), has ordered all cryptocurrency exchanges operating within the country to file comprehensive transaction data on their customers....
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