De Beukelaer was the first European politician to convert his entire salary in 2022 while he puts his entire 5,500 monthly salary into Bitcoin on the first of every month. This move was in hope to raise awareness about Bitcoin and alternative monetary models, financial education and to get
The Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council of Ukraine) passed a virtual assets law on February 17th, 2022 that allows the country’s citizens to trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Out of the 450 deputies, 272 voted to pass the law.
In a prior bill from October of 2021, President Volodymyr Zelensky
Eun Young Choi is a seasoned prosecutor serving nearly a decade in multiple departments, primarily as a Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General. During the announcement Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said that the NCET will focus on crime involving
Eun Young Choi is a seasoned prosecutor serving nearly a decade in multiple departments, primarily as a Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General. During the announcement Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said that the NCET will focus on crime involving
De Beukelaer was the first European politician to convert his entire salary in 2022 while he puts his entire 5,500 monthly salary into Bitcoin on the first of every month. This move was in hope to raise awareness about Bitcoin and alternative monetary models, financial education and to get
The Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council of Ukraine) passed a virtual assets law on February 17th, 2022 that allows the country’s citizens to trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Out of the 450 deputies, 272 voted to pass the law.
In a prior bill from October of 2021, President Volodymyr Zelensky
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced a bill on February 16th that will require the Secretary of State to gather all Bitcoin related activity from El Salvador’s government and citizens. The description of the bill reads “To require reports
On February 15th, Tom Emmer received a response from SEC Chair Gary Gensler, hinting that proposals for Bitcoin spot ETFs have thus far come up short of meeting standards set in the Exchange Act.
Gensler notes that the regulatory body must be capable of preventing “fraudulent and manipulative acts and
In 2016, a law was passed by the Portuguese tax authorities which ruled that cryptocurrencies are not to be considered as currencies as they aren’t legal tender in Portugal. Therefore, the virtual assets cannot be subject to capital gains taxes.
Since the law has been ruled, many Bitcoiners have
Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced on February 15th, 2022 that Colorado residents will soon be able to pay their taxes in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as early as this summer.
Polis and other government officials in Colorado have been at the forefront of making their state more Bitcoin and cryptocurrency
Canadian federal law enforcement agencies, along with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Center of Canada (FINTRAC), have begun investigating donations made to Freedom Convoy protestors, including those that were made using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. On Wednesday, the Ontario Provincial Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ordered all regulated
