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What is the safest country to operate an exchange in, where would you rather buy all your BTC from? Tunisia? Singapore? Morocco? Many countries seem to want to regulate BTC so it's hard to follow, which country is the safest currently?

Try to open it in a country, where most of the people have never heard of Bitcoin and not going to use them in near future, e.g. Afghanistan.

Hong Kong and Singapore.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-13/singapore-to-regulate-bitcoin-operators-for-money-laundering.html

I would say Germany and maybe Denmark

'MERICA

yea, for Sure lol  :D

Why not Canadas? They're so nice and I believe Canadians could never scam anyone! The only drawback (or is it?) is that they effectively recently declared Bitcoin a currency!

It's not 2002 anymore there is barely a difference between the U.S. and Canada.

But have you seen dooglus (JustDice) paying back all the funds people invested in his Casino? That's the right way to do business in bitcoin world!

Oh thank god dooglus didn't steal all the funds! He sure deserves a nobel prize for peace!

Implying that being a decent human being is praiseworthy....

jersey in the british isles seems to be looking like a nice spot these days

Better some South American country

North Korea sounds like a favorite.
Hmm I wonder if there are any North Korean hosting providers.

try some tax haven country ;D
did an exchange need rent an office?
rent a property in hongkong and singapore are too expensive
North Korea ;D
LOL
i think hard to set up hosting providers there
since government restrict many aspects in internet

Germany, Singapore, Scandinavia, with some caveats North America

Germany or the UK, they both have already legalised Bitcoin and you just have to pay standard taxes on your profits if you sell the Bitcoins, Switzerland might be another option as well but that depends on what the lawmakers are going to do about it, I don't recommend U.S for reasons that should be obvious if you've done the research but it's a bit early to say for the rest of the world just yet.

Surely, the US and western Europe has to top this list
Not sure about the Middle East and Asia - long history of centralised govt structures there

They technically didn't regulate it. They just made it so exchanges have to be registered to avoid money laundering, and online casinos have to comply with already-existing laws.

It's not like the BitLicenses, it's much more benign. Companies can still sell, just Casinos and exchanges have to be monitored.

Why would someone  be so retarded as to hold servers running an exchange in the tyrannical U.S./UK or even Germany when they all have clear regulations when Hong Kong has unrestricted, untaxed Bitcoin businesses.

This is what happens when you ask a bunch of noobs for business advice I guess..

The country with the most advanced economy and banking system to facilitate transfers from banks....the US

I think it is unclear/there is a miscommunication about what OP is looking for. If you want something totally unregulated then you want something like South American or Singapore. If you want to follow the laws and just be safe and have recourse if something goes wrong, then you want something like the US or Canada.

I'd like to see an exchange floating above ALL of our heads, on a series of independently operating satellites.




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I don't know if it is really a country thing. Some people are freaking out because even Bitstamp, which I consider rather trustworthy, is located in eastern Europe and uses single accounts to keep their customers FIAT money. I know there may be complications in case of some freeze but that hasn't happened as of now...

I think the bigger risk with bitstamp is that their owners have unknown identities.

Having a small number of bank accounts would not be unusual for companies.

I think the bigger concern for bitstamp is the fact that they are located in a very politically and economically unstable part of the world.

The UK is as good a place as any in my opinion.

HMRC have legalized BTC and scrapped taxes for business that deal bitcoin to one another too.

Then only charge tax on the BTC you are wanting to withdraw from your business, if you decide to convert to GBP.

For me, for USD -> BTC the safest exchange is America because I live in America so if there is fraud, me being American and the exchange being American means I have an easier time with legal recourse.

Thank you :)

seychelles

easy to get a financial company license if you want your company registered

British Virgin, how does it sound?

I think its a 22 dollar question: you can open an exchange in Zimbabwe for example and nobody would probably bother you there and with the right marketing it can work just fine, but then on the other hand serious customers may consider it unsafe. The more industry develops the more the would be calls for it to be regulated, so customers may start asking exchanges these questions, because it makes them feel more safe.

Do you know that many banks in the US do not have SWIFT codes and do not know how to send or receive international wire transfers? I wouldn't call it the most advanced economy and the banking system :-)

Australia because;
1. The federal government have declared btc / crypto a legal currency.
2. The Australian Taxation Office treats btc as per fiat.
3. Trust already exists between Australian banks and existing btc exchanges.
4. Melbourne, Australia is already a btc hub for software developers.
5. Australia has a healthy btc economy e.g. you can buy 4wd racing cars right through to a cup of coffee on a smart phone QR reader
6. Cool people reside in Australia, namely me   ;D

panama

i think you can use bitstamp or btc-e to buy it . or you can buy in local bit[Suspicious link removed]d luck.

Germany,Denmark,Hong Kong,Singapore and US

Singapore; Tight regulatory system but quick approvals.

Probably Australia. We dont have mandatory data retention so your data would be safe. But the EU has Bitcoin positive regulation so also there might be a good bet

I believe afghanistan or other similar countries would be the safest place where people don't have any knowledge regarding bitcoin  ;D.Or may be a country where there is least reach of internet and technology

I don't know about the other countries but i don't recommend Morocco because exporting the local Currency 'MAD' is considered a CRIME ,and buying BTC for MAD is technically exporting MAD .

I would say that once the NY regulations come into effect NY (in the US) would likely be the safest country for an exchange. The proposed regulations would make it more costly to do business in NY however it would make it safer for consumers and thus the exchange itself.

I think the safest countries currently are Germany and Singapore.

i dont agree on germany, since it is in EU, and has milion tax laws .
you should definetly look for something that is not in EU or some big country.
now where do people love to have their money safely hidden ? :)

Well, that's the case for any good. If you buy a carpet with MAD, and send it to Europe, you are indirectly exporting MAD. And Morocco is for sure a "protected" economy, but it does export.

But it is true that the BTC exportation can't be controlled/taxed..

Do anyone has or know somebody who got into troubles because of Bitcoin trading in Morocco?
Or have any idea of the Bitcoin status there?