Not exact matches
In the first ever operation, French police have shut down an illegal Bitcoin
exchange, and in the process seizing 328 «
virtual currency units» worth around 200,00 Euros, or $ 272,800 at current
exchange rates.
The confidence in Bitcoin may break as a result of unexpected changes such as: unfavorable legal regulations, banning electronic legal tenders, introducing the prohibition on trading in
virtual currency in specific areas, imposing high taxes, creating competitive alternative
currencies, deflation, and other factors which may significantly affect the shaping of the
exchange rate of Bitcoin against other
currencies.
Technically, the transaction involves in - game
currency — called Linden dollars — but those
virtual dollars can be readily
exchanged for real ones, currently at the
rate of roughly 250 to 1.
Other lawyers represent other Second Life residents in
virtual transactions and are compensated with Linden dollars, the Second Life
currency (there's a 1 to 270
exchange rate of Lindens to USD).
If a
virtual currency is listed on an
exchange and the
exchange rate is established by market supply and demand, the fair market value of the
virtual currency is determined by converting the
virtual currency into U.S. dollars (or into another real
currency which in turn can be converted into U.S. dollars) at the
exchange rate, in a reasonable manner that is consistently applied.
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Just like governments and big financial institutions, have done with traditional
currencies for generations, small investors are now buying
virtual currencies and holding them with the expectation that they will profit from a positive
exchange rate.
Bitcoin sank on Monday after website CoinMarketCap removed prices from South Korean
exchanges from its calculations of digital
currency rates without any warning, resulting in a steep drop in all
virtual coins they track.
Bitcoin trading is booming in Japan as yen
exchange rates have stabilized, bitcoin has been volatile and the Japanese government has passed
virtual currency legislation, according to the Nikkei Asian Review.
Zaif informed users about the glitch in a post on their site Tuesday, Jan. 20, explaining that for 18 minutes on Feb. 16 users accidentally found themselves able to «trade» yen for
virtual currency — at an
exchange rate of 0 yen per coin.