http://contrariancompliance.com/2014/05/01/2014-05-01-crypto-timeline/
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the race of crypto-currencies to maturity with links to trusted sources.
Phew. Short month, but no shortage of shocking news in February!
The Key APRIL 2014 Crypto-Events were:
4/2/14 – Bitcoin digital currency exchange deemed illegal in Vietnam
4/3/14 – Texas momorandum outline Bitcoin exchange guidelines
4/4/14 – Bulgaria issues new taxation guidelines for digital currency
4/7/14 – Dutch regulator says Bitcoin is technology, not money
4/7/14 – Royal Canadian Mint ditches MintChip digital currency project
4/8/14 – Brazil to tax investors, not everyday users
4/8/14 – Bank of Japan governer: bitcoin is too unreliable to be a currency
4/8/14 – US Attorney General keeping and eye on Bitcoin
4/9/14 – National Australia Bank turns back on Bitcoin, closes accounts
4/10/14 – Florida bitcoin money laundering case tests the system
4/11/14 – Cyprus issues arrest warrant for Neo & Bee's CEO Danny Brewster
4/12/14 – Chinese regulators make life hard for crypto-currencies
4/12/14 – Bitcoin promoter Shrem indicted in NY for money laundering
4/13/14 – France: Bitcoin revenues must be declared to tax authorities
4/23/14 – California regulators issue Consumer Advisory on Bitcoin
4/25/14 – Nevada regulators issue Consumer Advisory on Bitcoin
4/26/14 – BTC China halts renminbi account funding
4/28/14 – Ohio bans bitcoin for alcohol sales
4/29/14 – FinCEN declares Bitcoin cloud mining and escrow services are not money transmitters
4/30/14 – Reserve Bank of Australia: Bitcoin 'limited risk' to payment systems
For ease of tracking I've decided on the following discrete categories to classify all events:
Banking: Refers to decisions made or stances taken by banks and other traditional financial institutions with respect to crypto-ventures, including adopting a digital currency strategy and banking operators
Businesses: Includes decisions made by operators and businesses as a result of regulatory pressure or other risks facing them, as well as overall market-related news
Enforcement Actions: Includes actual law enforcement actions on virtual currency operators anywhere in the world
Rules & Regs: Refers to decisions made or stances taken by regulators, supervisors and policy-makers around the world
Please point me to any events that you consider important and would like to see on the log.
