Hmm... Isn't there a way to add a "maxlength" value to quotes?
This would solve the problem quickly.

Any link? How did this happen?

I suppose they seized the computers of Iranians living, or traveling in the US. Or could there be another way? Did the US government seized BTC at an American exchange, where some customers happen to be Iranian citizens?

No! Please, think about what you're saying. Blockchains are useless to most people.

Governments have all reasons to be afraid of cryptos since a large part of their power comes from money and currency control.

This list badly needs an update...
This is the biggest problem: tax regulations are changing all the time. Most often for the worse, so you have to change too.

My thoughts haven't changed. I don't trust new exchanges. I'll check trade.io one year from now. If the service still exist, I will consider using it.

I didn't even bother to ask. Bank transfers are expensive in Montenegro, and the banks' websites are not user-friendly. You need another country if you make a lot of transfers. The Swiss banks are the best if you don't mind AEOI.

That won't happen. Most of these EMI services use SEPA transfers which only work in the European Union. I'm banking in Montenegro, whose currency is the Euro, and I can't make SEPA transfers!

Why did you wait 6 months before starting this topic? I would have moved within a few days.

I've been using Poloniex for years. It was the best exchange, and I made good money with it last year. It's more difficult this year, cryptos are down, and there's more competition. Still, when the market will go up again, I'm sure plenty of people will return to poloniex.

Good news. This is what we're expecting the police to do, arresting fraudsters and scammers

It also shows you must be cautious. When you trade altcoins, only use established services, like Poloniex or Bitfinex, and when buying BTC, stick to the biggest exchanges. Kraken or bitcoin.de...

How much money are we talking about?
If it's only a 4-digit figure in US$, it could pass under the radar. If it's more than that, do you need to cash out all of it in one go?

Anyway, don't say you mined it, because that raises questions. It's nearly impossible for an individual to mine nowadays. Better say it was a gift.

Terrible idea! What will be the value of that new crypto outside of this small town? Is this an invention to force the people to spend their wealth in a single little place? Sorry, but I only love BTC, because I know I can use it all over the world.

It depends. How many transactions a month? What volume?
If you plan to make 10 or 500 BTC a year, the answer will not be the same...

If the yearly income is below $50,000, and if you're smart, I would suggest not to declare anything to anyone. That's what I would do, but then I've always been a bad taxpayer.

Welcome to the real world! More than one transfer a month is abnormal behavior for an individual. You need a real bank account if you expect more. The best banks are in Switzerland, and you need to go there to open an account. You'll get free unlimited transfers, but there will be a monthly fee if your balance is below 50,000 Swiss Francs.

I'm afraid they will be more and more uniform. It's sad when you travel far away to see the same stores and same fast food joints selling the same stuff. Successful brands are all getting global, and that's terrible. The same goes with architecture. Monte Carlo has grown, it built Fontvieille over the sea, but all the buildings there look like they could belong to Florida. Boring!

Maybe you were asking the wrong question? The first question should be why you were thinking about HK to register a company. HK used to be good, but it has become a very expensive place to do business. Start-ups shall look elsewhere...

Regarding Transferwise, note that it isn't worldwide. I tried to use it, but it could send money to the country where I'm banking.

This list needs to be updated...
You may check the list of countries which automatically exchange banking information, here:

https://www.oecd.org/tax/transparency/AEOI-commitments.pdf

And you may also look for an eventual bilateral tax agreement between the country where you're a resident, and the country where you're planning to bank. But you have to be smart to aviod paying tax these days.

What? Global regulation?
Do you know anything which is globally regulated?

There are still plenty of loopholes in regulating globally guns, children abuse or drugs. So don't expect cryptocurrencies to be regulated in more than a handful of countries before long.

I guess that for the foreseeable future, we shall not consider a seastead as a permanent place to live. But it could be a good place for a summer vacation, or a second home. I sure could enjoy spending a few weeks a year there. More? I need to give it a try, first. So I'll hope they'll start with the building of a nice hotel.

A bit like the people from New York who all their life, go to Florida for their summer vacation, before moving there permanently when they retire.

I'm sure Bittrex has better things to do than report you to your government. Bittrex is not a bank, so it doesn't have to follow AEOI regulations, nor is it concerned by the tax agreement between your country and the US. You're safe, and I don't expect this to change before years.