The minister was responding to calls by the head of Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis for a total ban.
The arrests resulted from an investigation of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinhouse.eu.
The franchisee with 16 Domino’s stores is partnering with BTC Direct to offer the salary option to its 1,000 employees.
Security token platform Dusk Network has become a shareholder of a Dutch stock exchange as part of both firms' plans for share tokenization.
The exchange said it must now ask users for extra information such as the purpose of bitcoin purchases.
BTC Direct said it plans to use the funds to expand its workforce and develop new products, among other things.
AMDAX has become the first to register with Holland's central bank under recently implemented EU anti-money laundering regulations.
Dutch crypto companies must register with the Netherlands’ central bank by May 18 or cease operations immediately as the country enforces new anti-money laundering regulations required by the European Union.
Bitcoin's difficulty has increased ahead of the halving event as more retail investors pour in. Warren Buffett has yet to be enticed.
The announced closure of one-man bitcoin startup Bittr may be the first of many in the Netherlands as contentious new AMLD5 regulations come into effect.
Amsterdam-based brokerage BUX has started offering crypto services following the acquisition of defunct exchange Blockport.
Dusk Network has partnered with Firm24, one of the Benelux region's largest shareholder registries, for the tokenization initiative.
Deribit will operate out of Panama starting Feb. 10, citing the Netherlands’ presumed adoption of “very strict” anti-money laundering (AML) regulations.
The Dutch government is about to get tougher with fraudulent schemes involving banking apps and cryptocurrencies.
A man has been arrested in the Netherlands for allegedly scamming investors out of over $2.2 million in a fake bitcoin mining scheme.