Topic: Jurisdiction for an exchange - page 2. (Read 2426 times)
You want to look at "gambling friendly" jurisdictions...
Research where major poker and casino sites are located.
It's often a trade off between:
(a) dealing with a reasonable level of AML regulations.
(b) being at the mercy of a corrupt Third World Govt.
Sealand?
I think not, see HavenCo. 
On a boat in the middle of the ocean.
Belize is the best for this sort of thing actually. Next choice would be Panama. Finally New Zealand.
Many, many countries really don't care what you do as long as you pay taxes and don't do whatever it is you're doing to their people.
Many, many countries really don't care what you do as long as you pay taxes and don't do whatever it is you're doing to their people.
Sealand?
What about Malta ?
Luxembourg? Antigua?
Iceland, Channel Islands, Gibraltar, Singapore...
Traditionally offshore places are also Cayman, Channel Islands, Macau, Switzerland. But if you operate there, users will rightfully not have so much trust. But what i mean is in terms of banking-infrastructure. I highly doubt Somalia and North Korea are good places. High-inflation countries could be very interesting, such as Argentina.
Traditionally offshore places are also Cayman, Channel Islands, Macau, Switzerland. But if you operate there, users will rightfully not have so much trust. But what i mean is in terms of banking-infrastructure. I highly doubt Somalia and North Korea are good places. High-inflation countries could be very interesting, such as Argentina.
Switzerland
Sweden
Somalia
North Korea
Sweden
Somalia
North Korea
What are potentially good places to run an exchange? If country A would ban Bitcoin and banks refuse to deal with BTC, but country B allows it, flows of money from A to B could circumvent the ban.
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