Cryptocurrency regulation, policy changes, and legal developments
The Core Argument On January 22, 2017, Israel’s tax authority published a landmark draft circular addressing the taxation of activities […]
The Legislative Move On January 19, 2017, the Bitcoin Investment Trust—sponsored by Grayscale Investments, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group—took
The Ruling In a case that could reshape the relationship between cryptocurrency users and tax authorities worldwide, the Internal Revenue
The Legislative Move On January 18, 2017, CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo delivered what may become the most consequential regulatory
On January 17, 2017, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a sweeping circular that prohibited all banks and financial
The spectacular rise and equally spectacular fall of bitcoin in early January 2017 was not merely a story of supply
When officials from the People’s Bank of China walked into the offices of BTCC, Huobi, and OKCoin on January 11,
The Core Argument The People’s Bank of China has drawn a line in the sand. In a series of coordinated
When the People’s Bank of China descended on the country’s three largest Bitcoin exchanges in early January 2017, the cryptocurrency
The Current Meta Bitcoin is in freefall. After soaring past $1,129 in the first week of January 2017 — a
