Officially. Now Coinbase users will pay a fee for transactions with kriptovayutoy on their credit cards.
Apparently, governments around the world tend to be suspended from cryptocurrency because of the anonymity and the possibility of tax evasion on the part of criminals. But the banks do not mind getting a piece of cake.
Merchant Category Code - this is the four-digit number that will be assigned to buyers and sellers. This will allow banks to classify the transaction by type of goods and services that they provide. It is a way for tax authorities, such as the Internal Revenue Service of America and the Canadian Revenue Agency in Canada, monitor the business.
What has changed?
Note the transaction is below. First performed at the end of 2017, and the second this week. Both for purchasing cryptocurrency. The first stands alone. Second XCHARX with the commission in the amount of $ 10.
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Add to this the fact that JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup are now prohibited cryptocurrency customers to buy with credit cards.
It seems that the battle between the centralized and decentralized government wing of the digital economy is really heating up. First gaining significant power even when they seek to establish a tax policy for kriptovalyutnoy industry.