Israeli government reportedly mulling bitcoin tax
The Israeli Tax Authority is said to be considering ways to tax profits made on bitcoin.
The Israeli Tax Authority is said to be considering ways to tax profits made on bitcoin.
Belgium's finance minister says the country is neutral on bitcoin.
California's new AB786 bill amends existing law to make it friendlier to financial startups, including some bitcoin companies.
The Federal Election Commission in the US has been asked whether bitcoin donations can be used in political campaigns.
The potential regulation of UK bitcoin companies was discussed at a meeting at the government's headquarters, 10 Downing Street.
The Bitcoin Foundation educated US policy makers about digital currency in a meeting in Washington DC's Capitol Hill yesterday.
The Bitcoin Foundation's meeting with a number of US government departments yesterday was productive and encouraging.
Representatives from a number of US federal agencies are attending a conference on Monday (26th August) to discuss bitcoin.
US government gets more informed on bitcoin, raising questions about what it will do next to regulate decentralised currency.
The US government seized over $2.9m from a subsidiary of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, a court document has revealed.
German authorities have finally categorised bitcoin, labelling it as a "financial instrument".
Bitcoin lawyer Marco Santori takes an in-depth look at state and federal regulations surrounding bitcoin businesses in the US.
A US Senate committee is pressing financial regulators and law enforcement agencies for further guidance on virtual currencies.
The Casascius coin was shown to be vulnerable to physical attack at this year's Defcon conference.
A number of bitcoin companies in New York have been sent subpoenas by the Department of Financial Services.
A judge in Texas has ruled that bitcoin is a currency or form of money.
The Bank of Thailand declaring bitcoin illegal makes it a likely spot for a bitcoin black market.
DATA's founders spoke exclusively with CoinDesk about their virtual currency regulation plans for the organization.
Bitcoin Deutschland GmbH will be registered with BaFin, Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, from 7th August.
Lawyers, analysts, academics and government officials debated bitcoin's regulatory implications today – and none of them seemed to agree.
Bitcoin's finest have launched a self-regulatory group. Will it be enough to mitigate regulatory pains?
Did the Bank of Thailand really just make bitcoin illegal? If so, at least some exchanges are still trading.
As more real money pours into bitcoin, it seems that the potential for and risk of fraud increase.
Daniel Cawrey examines the non-regulation issues associated with bitcoin, such as fraud and dispute resolution.
Ken Abe reviews the regulation and compliance challenges faced by bitcoin exchanges in the US.
Two anonymous authors have published what amounts to a manifesto for preserving decentralized control in Bitcoin.
The SEC has charged Trendon Shavers with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme known as Bitcoin Savings and Trust.
The Bitcoin Foundation has written a letter to FinCEN asking it to clarify virtual currency transactions aren't inherently suspect.
The Bitcoin Foundation has created three legal committees to offer help and guidance to those involved in digital currency.
German bitcoin marketplace bitcoin.de and Fidor Bank AG have formed a large-scale partnership.
