Not exact matches
The Court ruling was made clear following a complaint by a Swedish entrepreneur wanting to provide a
service on a Bitcoin
exchange which involved other
traditional currencies.
Bitcoin is understood to fall under the definition of virtual
currency in the Act because it is electronically
exchanged for
traditional currency by
exchange service operators and can be used by anyone accepting Bitcoin as payment.
While not backed by a government or valuable by themselves, bitcoins are still used as a store of value, a placeholder for the goods and
services that they can be
exchanged for, as with
traditional currencies.
In cross-border transactions involving multiple
currencies, the
exchange of fiat
currency to Lumen and vice-versa allows consumers and businesses to send and receive money across borders, faster and cheaper than
traditional payment
services.