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Canadian bank drops BTC exchange

Yet another bitcoin exchange has had the plug pulled on its bank account. Unlike Bitfloor, however, Canadian exchange Virtex is still operational ...

Markets  ·  2 May 2013
Exchanges

Canadian banks tell BTC exchanges, ‘Take off’

A number of Canadian bitcoin exchanges are running into regulatory challenges, as the country’s big banks move to close their accounts, in many cases without explanation. Earlier this month, the Royal Bank of Canada closed the accounts of Calgary-based VirtEx as well as Canadian Bitcoins, an Ottawa-based bitcoin exchange.  Canadian Bitcoins has also had its […]

Policy & regulation  ·  29 April 2013