Alam din ng Banko Sentral about cryptocurrencies, but currently they just advice to be careful.
Alam din ng ibang congressmen, kasi nga meron e-peso draft proposal or law, pero wala naman ibang balita beyond that.
At, to be a financial services company, kailangan meron kang investment according to Banko Sentral. Yung tagcoin or tagcash kailangan ng 2M USD (or about 100 million pesos) capital para lang mag operate.
Kung money changer ka, kailangan din naka register sa Banko Sentral.
Kung private tao ka, well, private transaction, walang kaso doon. Medyo mahirap lang mag hanap ng gusto mag trade sa individual ng malaki, although marami ako nakikita sa local bitcoins.
I support your claim na maraming high amount traders sa localbitcoins. Usually they are operating under private company names and are on the IT and Finance business sector. Wala namang problema dun because currently nonexistent pa naman ang regulations sa Philippines. Unlike, lets say, Belgium (even before terrorism attack this March) where konti lang talaga ang pwde nila itrade duon per person per day.
Australia is another highly regulated country. AUS and Belgium are more regulated than even the US.
Overall, being in the Philippines really has a lot of benefits.