Stranded Iranian students in the United Kingdom have turned to Bitcoin as a tool to circumvent the economic sanctions placed on their country, according to a Guardian report
Of the 29 firms selected for cohort 4, about a dozen of these companies use distributed ledger technology; others offer services related to cryptocurrency assets.
In a bid to fight cryptocurrency tax crime, the U.S. has joined with tax authorities from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the U.K. to form the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement.