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By Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's new rules to regulate the crypto market are likely to focus on licensing and taxation, sector officials .
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Buying something with Bitcoin (BTC) in Turkey will soon be illegal, and the topic of crypto payments has become a political debate since the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkeyâs April 16 announcement that it will forbid the use of cryptocurrency as a payment method. The regulation, which will go into effect on April 30, also bans the use of digital wallet providers as fiat on-ramps for crypto exchanges.
Cointelegraph Turkey reached out to local blockchain and crypto industry participants for commentary. Ahmet Usta, chief editor of Blockchain Turkey Platform and co-author of
Blockchain 101, described Turkeyâs first crypto regulation as a âhow-not-to-doâ rather than a âhow-to.â He told