[Cryonet_AP] Lawyers in Thailand ban Bitcoin

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Tue Jul 30 01:55:08 PDT 2013


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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 09:07:32 +0100
From: John de Rivaz <John at deRivaz.com>
To: Cryonet_AP at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Cryonet_AP] Lawyers in Thailand ban Bitcoin
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Thailand has become the first country to ban bitcoins after the central bank ruled it is not a currency.

In a statement on its website , Bitcoin said it had given a presentation to the Bank of Thailand about how the currency works in a bid to operate in the country.

However, at the end of the meeting, "senior members of the Foreign Exchange Administration and Policy Department advised that due to lack of existing applicable laws, capital controls and the fact that Bitcoin straddles multiple financial facets... Bitcoin activities are illegal in Thailand". 

more on

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoins-banned-thailand-203840004.html



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