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Bank Indonesia has taken a strong stance against cryptocurrencies - it recently called on all citizens of the country to refrain from selling, buying or owning tokens.
The launch of the cryptocurrency exchange from DMM Group, announced in December last year, took place on January 11, 2018
The Bitwala trading platform informs about a change in the direction of activity towards a crypto bank. This decision was made in connection with the suspension of debit card services by Visa.
Fast food chain KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken announced the possibility of payment in bitcoin
I bring to your attention a forecast of price movements as of January 13, 2018 for crypto pairs that are in the top three in terms of capitalization.
We continue the series of publications about the legal status of cryptocurrencies in the world. In terms of the degree of freedom, perhaps only Asian countries can boast of an unprecedentedly loyal attitude of the authorities to the issues of regulation of not only Bitcoin, but also other digital currencies. That is why for today’s study we chose Singapore as an example of eastern jurisdictions where the successful development of Blockchain startups has already taken place both de facto and de jure.
The US Marshals Service announced that an auction for 3,800 bitcoin coins will be held on January 22. The total amount of funds received from the auction, according to the exchange rate at the time of publication, could be about $52 million
Approximately one hundred thousand South Korean citizens have signed a petition calling on the government to stop the crackdown on cryptocurrencies and cancel the planned ban bill.
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