by Jillian Friedman | Dec 5, 2014 | Articles
The last week of October saw the crypto-currency community seized by the dread of government crackdown as rumours spread that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) had turned their attention to the crypto 2.0 world. The panic was, unsurprisingly,...
by Jillian Friedman | Oct 22, 2014 | Articles
On October 2, 2014, the Bitcoin Foundation Canada, the Bitcoin Embassy and the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada were panelists for the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade, and Commerce Committee’s “Study on the Use of Digital Currency”. As...
by Jillian Friedman | May 11, 2014 | Articles
If you are mining bitcoins or alt-coins or have been considering getting involved with mining, it is important to be aware of the tax implications. The Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) has let it be known in a technical interpretation that mined digital currency,...
by Jillian Friedman | Apr 2, 2014 | Articles
In the 2014 federal budget, the Canadian government made unequivocal its concern that virtual currencies, specifically Bitcoin, are an emerging risk that threatens “Canada’s international leadership in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing”. The...
by Jillian Friedman | Mar 27, 2014 | Articles
By: Jillian Friedman Last month saw the collapse of a foundational member of the Bitcoin community, Mt. Gox. A class action lawsuit, that will likely be one of many, has been filed in Illinois against former the bitcoin exchange industry leader, its parent companies,...
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