Bitcoin Regulation

Bitcoin regulation is not one story. It is dozens of parallel ones, moving at different speeds in different jurisdictions, and often pulling in opposite directions.

The recurring questions

• Classification — what Bitcoin is treated as under existing law, and which regulator that puts in charge.
• Custody — what a licensed institution must do before it can hold Bitcoin for clients.
• Tax — how disposals, mining income and staking-like arrangements are assessed.
• Reporting — the travel rule, exchange obligations and the privacy trade-offs they involve.
• Self-custody — whether individuals keep the right to hold their own keys without an intermediary.

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This is journalism, not legal advice. Rules differ by country and change often; anyone making a decision with money or compliance consequences should take professional advice in their own jurisdiction.