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Other => Off-topic => Topic started by: mangox on September 15, 2013, 06:21:01 AM



Title: Belgium’s finance minister has no objection to bitcoin
Post by: mangox on September 15, 2013, 06:21:01 AM
http://thebitcoinnews.co.uk/2013/09/11/belgiums-finance-minister-has-no-objection-to-bitcoin/


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Belgium’s finance minister has no problem with bitcoin, he said last week, although he pointed out that there are few people there using it.
Minister of finance Koen Geens responded to a parliamentary question about bitcoin, commenting that he wouldn’t see the Belgian National bank having any objection to bitcoin, and stating that for the moment its use is limited to a handful of traders.
The nation’s anti-money laundering organization – the Cellule de Traitement des Informations Financières – hasn’t received any guidance on the cryptocurrency.
Geens reportedly added that although privacy and anonymity were a big part of bitcoin, there was no indication that the cryptocurrency is used on


Title: Re: Belgium’s finance minister has no objection to bitcoin
Post by: b!z on September 15, 2013, 06:21:44 AM
That's cool. At least there are some countries that don't hate btc.


Title: Re: Belgium’s finance minister has no objection to bitcoin
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on September 15, 2013, 08:27:52 AM
As a young teenage, my dad used to work in a coal mine in Belgium before becoming a tailor then making gold plated electrical connectors for the SR-71 and Saturn V.


Title: Re: Belgium’s finance minister has no objection to bitcoin
Post by: ReBoRn on September 15, 2013, 10:21:27 AM
now hope in near future European Union clearing this bitcoin for using and its going in good way


Title: Re: Belgium’s finance minister has no objection to bitcoin
Post by: jackjack on September 15, 2013, 10:29:22 AM
inb4 he bans Bitcoin in less than 6 months and claims that he didn't say that Bitcoin was ok


Title: Re: Belgium’s finance minister has no objection to bitcoin
Post by: hope4me on September 15, 2013, 10:38:07 AM
inb4 he bans Bitcoin in less than 6 months and claims that he didn't say that Bitcoin was ok

True, fear of money laundering will win


Title: Re: Belgium’s finance minister has no objection to bitcoin
Post by: zeta1 on September 16, 2013, 04:15:19 PM
Hope other European leaders will follow