Dutch gov and central bank lose first court battle against Bitcoin and Crypto for the "address verification" rule

By Kovichni | Geo-Political & Economical developments | 22 May 2021

Background: https://www.publish0x.com/geo-political-economical-developments/netherlands-is-so-free-they-are-the-only-nation-in-all-of-eu-xmklrdk

Just this week, a court in Rotterdam ruled against the forced address book/verification implementation for all Crypto users in the Netherlands.

https://bitonic.nl/en/faq/42/why-do-we-ask-you-to-send-a-screenshot-of-your-wallet

https://bitonic.nl/en/faq/32/what-are-you-required-to-know-from-me-as-a-customer

I specifically state 'first battle' because this is far from over as the judge stopped short of calling the ridiculous address verification rule unlawful (even though it clearly was) and counterproductive. Instead, the court gave the bank six weeks to propose an acceptable (read non-illegal) alternative to the initially enforced rule, or to appeal the ruling.

https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBROT:2021:2968

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Geo-Political & Economical developments

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