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Denmark’s Tax Agency Seals Authority to Collect Data from Three Crypto Exchanges

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By Marie Huillet    Denmark’s Tax Authority has been authorized by the country’s Tax Council to obtain information regarding all trades of cryptocurrencies across three domestic crypto exchanges . An official announcement published on the agency’s website reported this development on Jan. 14. The authorization means that three unspecified Danish crypto exchanges now have legal disclosure obligations to hand over identity information that includes names, addresses and personal tax numbers, as well as details of all crypto transactions made on their platforms between Jan. 1 2016 to Dec. 31 2018. The Tax Authority has said it will use the information to ensure that citizens who have traded in crypto have duly paid the correct tax. Karin Bergen, a director at the agency, is quoted as saying that its fresh mandate will give it completely new opportunities in relation to its control in the cryptocurrency sector.   Any information pertaining to f...

Venezuelan Government is selling its Petro cryptocurrency

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By Moris Beracha .-  In spite of the financial sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union and other countries of the world on the government of Venezuela, the president of the Latin American country, Nicolás Maduro, is seeking to find resources through the cryptocurrency Petro. It is important to mention that this token, which is backed by certified oil reserves and precious metals lacks international confidence, which is fundamental for obtaining economic benefits. Despite the complicated scenario, the so-called “Bolivarian and revolutionary” government announced that from October 29, 2018, Venezuelans or any citizen in the world will be able to buy the Petro with convertible currencies such as the dollar, the yuan or the euro and with bitcoin, Ethereum, Nem, among others. In this sense, the vice president for the economic area, Tarek El Aissami, said in a press conference that whoever wants to buy petros with other cryptocurrenci...