{"id":15587,"date":"2021-12-23T15:05:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=15587"},"modified":"2021-12-23T15:05:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:05:47","slug":"51-countries-have-banned-crypto-library-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/51-countries-have-banned-crypto-library-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"51 countries have banned crypto, according to a Library of Congress report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The crypto business has been <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/sources-china-crypto-ban-will-not-affect-local-media.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"14527\">banned<\/a> in 51 nations around the world, with nine countries having put outright prohibitions on crypto, and another 42 jurisdictions with an implicit ban, according to the report by the Law Library of Congress.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Highlights-from-the-Crypto-Market-for-November-3-2021-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"51 countries have banned crypto, according to a Library of Congress report\" class=\"wp-image-14633\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Highlights-from-the-Crypto-Market-for-November-3-2021-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Highlights-from-the-Crypto-Market-for-November-3-2021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Highlights-from-the-Crypto-Market-for-November-3-2021-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Highlights-from-the-Crypto-Market-for-November-3-2021-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Highlights-from-the-Crypto-Market-for-November-3-2021-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Highlights-from-the-Crypto-Market-for-November-3-2021.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>51 countries have banned crypto, according to a Library of Congress report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">51 countries have banned cryptocurrency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/tile.loc.gov\/storage-services\/service\/ll\/llglrd\/2021687419\/2021687419.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> published by the Law Library of Congress's Global Legal Research Directorate (GLRD), the crypto business has been banned in 51 nations around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study was first released in 2018. However, it has subsequently been revised to include fresh findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Whereas the 2018 study identified eight countries with an absolute ban and fifteen jurisdictions with an implicit prohibition, the November 2021 update identifies nine jurisdictions with an absolute ban and 42 jurisdictions with an implicit ban,&#8221; according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term &#8220;absolute bans&#8221; refers to laws that make the use of cryptocurrencies unlawful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Implicit prohibitions are those that prevent banks and other financial institutions from trading in cryptocurrencies or providing services to people or businesses who use them. They also mention prohibiting bitcoin exchanges from doing business in the jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dismantling the restrictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine countries have put outright prohibitions on crypto, according to a Library of Congress analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Algeria, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Nepal, Qatar, and Tunisia are among them.<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/sources-china-crypto-ban-will-not-affect-local-media.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"14527\"> China<\/a> has gotten the most attention of all of them this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chinese government has prohibited bitcoin trading since 2017, but it has gone much further this year after cracking down on cryptocurrency mining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, there has been a significant geopolitical shift among miners to other parts of the globe. The <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/83283\/usa-becomes-largest-bitcoin-mining-market-china-crypto-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> is presently the most important market, followed by Kazakhstan and Russia, in that order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the crackdown, China controlled almost two-thirds of the Bitcoin mining market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tanzania, Toga, Turkey, Lebanon, and Bolivia are all included in the implicit bracket. There are 21 countries that have confirmed that they do not apply anti-money laundering or counter-terrorism financing regulations to the crypto industry, which is alarming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazil, Guernsey, Jordan, Pakistan, and Kazakhstan, which have emerged as some of the world's most important mining jurisdictions, are among them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crypto business has been banned in 51 nations around the world, with nine countries having put outright prohibitions on crypto, and another 42 jurisdictions with an implicit ban, according to the report by the Law Library of Congress. 51 countries have banned cryptocurrency According to a report published by the Law Library of Congress&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":14633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[6172,5392,6171],"class_list":["post-15587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ban-2","tag-cryptocurrency-2","tag-library-of-congress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Highlights-from-the-Crypto-Market-for-November-3-2021.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}