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BITCOIN NEWS IN REVIEW: MASTERCARD, MINING DIFFICULTY, SILK ROAD, AND MORE
December 9th, 2014
“For Everything Else, There’s Bitcoin” This week, payments company MasterCard argued for tighter regulations against bitcoin in Australia. According to MasterCard, “Any regulation adopted in Australia should address the anonymity that digital currency provides to each party in a ...
‘Global Islamic Economy Indicator’ introduced
December 8th, 2014
DIEDC launches ‘State of Global Islamic Economy Report’ Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), in partnership with Thomson Reuters and in collaboration with the Dinar Standard, has launched the ‘State of the Global Islamic Economy Report (SGIE)’ for the ...
Why Bitcoin Remittance Services Should Leave the ‘Bitcoin’ Part Out
December 8th, 2014
The sister cities of Hong Kong and Macau currently house more than 200,000 migrant Filipinos between them. The breakdown is fairly homogenous in terms of occupation: the largest group consists of 160,000 Filipinas working on Foreign Domestic Helper visas ...
Sweetheart tax avoidance deals to receive greater scrutiny from the EU
December 3rd, 2014
Draft legislation to oblige sharing of corporation tax deals, as Germany, France and Italy pressure Juncker over Luxembourg The European commission has pledged to fast-track new legislation to establish greater scrutiny over sweetheart tax avoidance deals for big companies. ...
Bitcoin: Luxembourg Researchers find a way to unmask Bitcoin users
December 1st, 2014
According to CryptoCoins News, one of the stated strengths of Bitcoin has, from the beginning, been its ability to provide anonymity and a sense of security on the same level that cash transactions do. When one spends and is ...
Cyprus Airways through the eyes of potential investors
November 28th, 2014
The sale process of Cyprus Airways (CAIR) has been put on hold waiting for the results of the European Commission investigation on the legality of the aid package of EUR 103m, which was provided by the Cyprus government to ...
Clive Palmer case in court: dense legal wrangling with a cast of hundreds
November 27th, 2014
Big money, big legal teams and a big call to make against a larger-than-life tycoon turned political phenomenon. But at the end of another round of labyrinthine legal argument, the accusations against Clive Palmer made by his former Chinese ...
Forex and Professional Services Lead Employment in Cyprus
November 25th, 2014
The financial crisis experienced in Cyprus following the events of March 2013 had a knock-on effect on the employment sector. More than a year on from the onset of the crisis, Cyprus’ leading recruitment agency, GRS Recruitment, has provided ...
AUSTRALIAN GST BITCOIN TAX ANGERS ANDREAS ANTONOPOULOS
November 25th, 2014
No one currently knows more abut how Bitcoin works than Andreas Antonopoulos. He is a leading public speaker on Bitcoin globally, even educating the Canadian Parliament for his expertise on the digital protocol. He has literally written the book ...
SpectroCoin Launches Bitcoin-to-Cash Service in 25 Countries
November 20th, 2014
SpectroCoin is now allowing its customers to convert bitcoin into cash in 25 countries across Europe and Central Asia. The announcement is the latest from the UK and Lithuania-based bitcoin services provider, which added merchant processing to its existing brokerage and ...
