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Do private people mining or exchanging Bitcoin with Fiat fall under FINCEN's definition of “user”?
Fincen's March 2013 report defines:
A user is a person that obtains virtual currency to purchase goods or services.
An exchanger is a person engaged as a business in the exchange of virtual currency ...
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Do USA-based miners need to register with FinCEN?
As seen in recent news, FinCEN has issued a statement on its classification of virtual currencies: http://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/guidance/html/FIN-2013-G001.html
Hypothetically suppose I mine ...
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What money transmission licences are relevant to Bitcoin?
Tradehill was shutdown for various regulation issues, including not having the required money transmission licenses.
What were the money transmission licenses that were required?
What other ...
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When will BitPay be regulated as a financial services (or nonfinancial services) company? [closed]
I'm the founder of Weystream, a sustainable lifestyle start-up with a financial reward strategy. I like the BitCoin idea (very much). I spent a number of years leading a compliance team in financial ...
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What is a brief summary of the ECB's report on virtual currency?
On 29th Oct 2012, the European Central Bank released this report on virtual currency.
What is a summary of its comments on Bitcoin?
