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Stéphane Gimenez
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I am just wondering whether it is legal to trade bitcoins in the US just like we do for stocks? I see similar legal questions about selling OTC, but I am more interested in buying and selling in well known exchanges like coinbase/mtgox etc. Can I just trade them like normal stocks, as long as I pay taxes? Or do I need to register with FinCEN to trade?

thanks, -Raghu

I am just wondering whether it is legal to trade bitcoins in the US just like we do for stocks? I see similar legal questions about selling OTC, but I am more interested in buying and selling in well known exchanges like coinbase/mtgox etc. Can I just trade them like normal stocks, as long as I pay taxes? Or do I need to register with FinCEN to trade?

thanks, -Raghu

I am just wondering whether it is legal to trade bitcoins in the US just like we do for stocks? I see similar legal questions about selling OTC, but I am more interested in buying and selling in well known exchanges like coinbase/mtgox etc. Can I just trade them like normal stocks, as long as I pay taxes? Or do I need to register with FinCEN to trade?

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Is it legal to trade bitcoins on coinbase/mtgox in the US?

I am just wondering whether it is legal to trade bitcoins in the US just like we do for stocks? I see similar legal questions about selling OTC, but I am more interested in buying and selling in well known exchanges like coinbase/mtgox etc. Can I just trade them like normal stocks, as long as I pay taxes? Or do I need to register with FinCEN to trade?

thanks, -Raghu