A few weeks ago, there was a proposal from 3 lone members of the European parliament, but it's much more serious now with this proposal. It's coming straight from the European Commission in Brussels:
Virtual currency exchange platforms can be considered as 'electronic' currency exchange offices that trade virtual currencies for real currencies (or so-called 'fiat' currencies, such as the euro). On the other hand, virtual currency wallet providers hold virtual currency accounts on behalf of their customers. In the 'virtual currency' world, they are the equivalent of a bank offering a current account. They store virtual currencies and allow for their transfers to other wallets/virtual currency accounts.
There is a growing consensus in Europe that virtual currency exchange platforms should be subjected to 'know-your-customer' rules under the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which will have to identify and verify the identity of the person exchanging virtual currencies for real currencies and vice versa.
No more anonymous transactions in Europe. That's their goal.
if your going to touch FIAT. expect to be asked for your life story. remember they need to monitor the devil (FIAT) if they want to control the devil(FIAT).
this has nothing to do with bitcoin and is standard world wide mindset of all governments of their devilish currency (FIAT)
I'm afraid that is so. All
.govs seem to be cracking down (and relatively quickly at that). Especially on moving wealth around in a quiet way. It's very disturbing to those of us who value our LIBERTIES above all.
This is getting worse almost everywhere. In
Peru (where we have an auto parts import company), their tax authorities now require our company there to submit every Invoice (with details on EVERY line items we sell) to them on a spreadsheet via email. Rather advanced and Orwellian for a place like Peru.
