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United States

• Nov 7 2013 - [http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/11/07/judge-orders-coinlab-to-pay-up-in-bitcoin/ Judge Orders CoinLab to Give Bitcoin to Bitvestment

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• 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

• 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"