But the Bitcoin Foundation — the organization that has
authority over the bitcoin protocol — could change that.
While they have no formal
authority over Bitcoin, the Core team has successfully shepherded the system through a period of massive growth.
Central banks all over the world do not have
authority over Bitcoin, which increase Bitcoin's credibility and transparency.
Not exact matches
During a meeting with Taiwan's legislative arm Monday, central bank governor Yang Chin - long was questioned
over how the banking
authority would address the current «opacity» in
bitcoin trading in the country, as highlighted by the -LSB-...]
Tuur has owned
Bitcoin since it was $ 5 and he has become a global
authority in the space with
over 160,000 followers on social media.
Authorities in South Korea have indicted
over two dozen people associated with Las Vegas - headquartered
Bitcoin mining company Mining Max.
CFTC spokeswoman Erica Elliott Richardson said that Giancarlo has been «clear that market participants should take note that the relatively nascent underlying cash markets and exchanges for
bitcoin remain largely unregulated markets
over which the CFTC has limited statutory
authority, and that investors should be aware of the potentially high level of volatility and risk in trading these contracts.»
While
bitcoin was developed to disintermediate such centralized monetary
authorities, the Bank of England believes it could use the technical ideas behind it to impose more control
over its currency and provide new ways to stimulate the economy.
Last month, India's income tax
authorities said they sent notices to tens of thousands of people dealing in cryptocurrency such as
Bitcoin after a nationwide survey revealed transactions of more than $ 3.5 billion
over a 17 - month period.
Kennedy is alleged to have stolen in excess of # 1 million ($ 1.33 million) in
bitcoin during 2014, in an investigation that has been led by British
authorities over three years.
During a meeting with Taiwan's legislative arm Monday, central bank governor Yang Chin - long was questioned
over how the banking
authority would address the current «opacity» in
bitcoin trading in the country, as highlighted by the recent price plunge, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency.
Seven
bitcoin exchanges in the nation including Unocoin, Zebpay and CoinSecure are seeking clarity
over how their businesses might be classified under GST rules, and are planning to approach the
Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR)- the government body that decides on the applicability of tax rates -
over the matter, the Economic Times (ET) states.
The point of
Bitcoin is that it brings an entire new underlying finance system which is borderless, neutral, peer - to - peer, (relatively) anonymous and instant — it's a new way to transfer value all
over the world, where no bank and
authority is needed anymore.
«The relatively nascent underlying cash markets and exchanges for
bitcoin remain largely unregulated markets
over which the CFTC has limited statutory
authority,» he said.
The price of
bitcoin dipped below $ 3,000 in early trading Friday, shedding some $ 2,000
over the course of two weeks as Chinese
authorities began cracking down on cryptocurrencies and J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon dubbed
bitcoin a «fraud,» arguing that it was a matter of time before world governments began taking action against digital coins.
Indonesian
authorities are investigating the use of
bitcoin in the holiday island of Bali, amid warnings by the central bank in Southeast Asia's biggest economy
over the risks posed by virtual currencies, an official said.
In December last year, India's income tax
authorities had sent notices to thousands of people dealing in cryptocurrency such as
Bitcoin after nationwide raids revealed transactions of more than $ 3.5 billion
over a 17 - month period.
«Each bank's interpretation and execution of the policy is different, and so it may be that the current situation is an
over (ly careful) reading of the policies by the
authorities, and so it is not necessarily the case that all banks will stop business with
bitcoin exchanges.»
As Indian
authorities continue to be perfectly ambiguous
over guidelines or regulations for cryptocurrency adopters and the industry respectively —
bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are neither legal nor illegal, nor regulated in India — the country's official taxation department is perfectly clear on its foray to collect taxes from individuals in the country.
It underlined the value of a currency that isn't controlled by a central
authority — the principal that defined the creation of
Bitcoin over 10 years ago.
Meantime, the US
authorities have begun an investigation of the Bitfinex exchange
over its links to Tether, which is rumored to being used to artificially inflate
bitcoin prices.
As such,
bitcoin provides more financial freedom and independence to the people, while weakening the leverage of
authorities over the global finance sector.
In May, the Bulgarian
authorities officially stated that it had seized 213,519
bitcoins that are now worth
over $ 3.2 billion, given the price of
bitcoin at $ 15,000.
Most analysts attribute the recent fall of
bitcoin to news from South Korea and China, where the
authorities intend to tighten control
over the cryptocurrency market.
For a while, due to
Bitcoin's explosive growth, French
authorities have been mulling
over how to regulate the cryptocurrency.
Targeting
bitcoin traders for tax evasion investigations seems to be a common practice right now for
authorities all
over the world and not just Australia.
Now, India's tax
authority is putting its lens
over on a select group of individuals who have profited the most from
bitcoin's soaring gains this year, using the data collected from its «surveys» to check into individuals» assets beyond
bitcoin.