Compilation of legal and regulatory information

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This page will be a compilation of various legal and regulatory information and cases along the world. Add new information and stories to the top of the relevant country section. See also on bitcointalk.

United States

• Nov 7 2013 - Judge Orders CoinLab to Give Bitcoin to Bitvestment
• Aug 27 2013 - Bitcoin Foundation Meets With U.S. Regulators, Law Enforcement
• Aug 12 2013 - N.Y. Subpoenas Bitcoin Firms in Probe on Criminal Risk
• Mar 18 2013 - Fin-Cen issue regulatory guidance

Germany

• Oct 11 2013 - No sales tax payment in Germany.
• Aug 19 2013 - Germany Recognizes Bitcoin As “Private Money”
• Jul 31 2013 - Bitcoin.de registers with Germany’s financial regulator BaFin

Canada

• May 21 2013 - Bitcoin exchanges not considered Money Service Businesses

Thailand

• Jul 30 2013 - Thailand Central Bank wrongfully interperts law as "Bitcoin illegal in Thailand"