Bitcoin National Operations Taxes 
PYMNTS
MAY 28, 2020
Bitcoin transaction fees are simmering back down to ordinary levels after a heavy wave of them in early May, reports suggest. Halving also doubled the cost of mining, which saw inefficient miners ceasing operation. South Korea is pondering a modification to its tax law which could place taxes on cryptocurrencies.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
24), could put digital currency exchanges under one national structure, CoinDesk reported. In other news, the Ministry of Finance in Russia keeps advocating for digital currency industry rules through the introduction of new tax mandates, Cointelegraph reported. The Digital Commodity Exchange Act of 2020, which was proposed by a U.S.
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PYMNTS
JULY 16, 2019
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin believes that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency could pose as a national security threat. In a press conference on Monday (July 15), Mnuchin warned that Libra “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.”.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Ransom is demanded in bitcoin, upon threat of releasing damaging information to family, friends, and co-workers. But now the hackers are asking for alternative crypto currencies to bitcoin in their ransom demands. This latest sextortion version is using a Litecoin wallet address instead of bitcoin to evade detection,” Johnson wrote.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 8, 2019
In other news, $10 billion worth of bitcoin — or almost 7 percent — is currently held in the wallets of eight major cryptocurrency exchanges. And the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced that they have signed an operational agreement on the BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Switzerland.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 28, 2019
While our industry is accustomed to cryptocurrencies operating 24/7/365 (like email), fiat currencies have for the most part remained shackled to ‘banking hours’ or ‘business hours.’ The sheer volume of transactions makes this a national security threat,” the party wrote in a post on its website.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 15, 2019
Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said, according to reports, “Any person offering an ICO or operating a digital asset exchange without SC’s approval may be punished, on conviction, with imprisonment not exceeding 10 years and fine not exceeding 10 million Malaysian ringgits.” million between 2015 and 2017 through the Finnish bitcoin exchange.
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