Dutch Farmers Prepare To Fight Government Overreach By Gaining Financial Free...
As government entities continue to oppress farmers in the Netherlands, Bitcoin stands ready to help those in need.Link to embedded Tweet.Featuring the commentary from a Twitter Spaces with CEO of Blammo Media, Boris van de Ven, who will be a speaker at Bitcoin Amsterdam, October 18 to 20, 2022.(Disclaimer: BTC Inc. owns both Bitcoin Amsterdam and Bitcoin Magazine.)It’s week four of the Dutch farmers’ uprising in the Netherlands and there is no sign of a resolution as farmers refuse to give up their farms and the government refuses to back down on regulations requiring farmers to reduce....
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If you are making a purchase using bitcoin in the Netherlands, you may soon be exempt from VAT. Dutch Bitcoin news website Coincourant.nl reported that Jacob Kamminga, the Dutch Minister of Finance. Speaking at the Free University of Amsterdam, or Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam during a debate, he indicated that the government may exempt bitcoin from VAT. While this is still not the official position of the Dutch government, Finance Minister Kamminga's view should be seen to be a harbinger of good news for the Dutch Bitcoin community. Under current Dutch law if you pay by bitcoin, that sale....
The backbone of our nation, farmers stand to benefit the most from sovereign money that cannot be diluted or degraded.
Dutch public prosecutors and the tax inspection agency are ramping up their fight against bitcoin money laundering this year. According to research conducted by Dutch financial newspaper Het Financieel Dagblad (FD), at least three criminal cases pertaining to money laundering with bitcoin are scheduled for 2017. Additionally, the FIOD — the investigative arm of the Dutch tax authority — wants to lower the bar for prosecution of unlicensed bitcoin traders. The FIOD will also try to have mixing services recognized as money-laundering operations. The Challenge of Anonymity. Bitcoin’s relative....
Bitcoin startup Bitmari is leading efforts at introducing a Zimbabwe Women Farmers Accelerator program that is aimed at opening the doors of bitcoin to farmers as an alternative to cash, reports TechZim, a Zimbabwe technology news site. The bitcoin-based money remittance service for the African market based in Zimbabwe has recently been laying the foundations to extend its financial services to a small group of rural female farmers through an accelerator program. The Zimbabwe Women Farmers Accelerator has been set up that will work with ten women farmers from ten provinces. Its aim is to....
There is an interesting project currently taking place in Argentina. Nubis Bruno, an Argentinean web developer and entrepreneur, has found a way to help local organic farmers sell their products using Bitcoin. In Buenos Aires, organic farmers are struggling to sell their products. However, some farmers have found an alternative. With the help of Bitcoin, these farmers have succeeded in creating an online presence where they can sell their organic vegetables directly to customers with no fees or middlemen getting in the way. Santiago Zaz, a friend of Nubis Bruno, is a member of an organic....