Cambodia needs Bitcoin ATMs

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Re: Cambodia needs Bitcoin ATMs

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Yes massive issue! Do not do that. They might not catch onto it first time but the definitly will. Yes account was ban.
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It isn't just ABA or Bitcoin, all banks (including Wing as a specialised bank), MFIs and PSPs (TrueMoney, SmartLuy, etc.) are on alert to prevent ANY type of cryptocurrency transactions as per a circular issued by the National Bank of Cambodia back in December last year:

National Bank of Cambodia Bans Bitcoin
http://en.freshnewsasia.com/index.php/e ... inted.html
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Gah! That's a pain in the tits!

Thanks for the info guys. I won't be doing that so!

Hopefully they will remove that ban at some point next year.
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I was actually planning on buying some crypto soon with my cambodian debit card. Glad I saw this post
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Spigzy wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 10:49 am It isn't just ABA or Bitcoin, all banks (including Wing as a specialised bank), MFIs and PSPs (TrueMoney, SmartLuy, etc.) are on alert to prevent ANY type of cryptocurrency transactions as per a circular issued by the National Bank of Cambodia back in December last year:

National Bank of Cambodia Bans Bitcoin
http://en.freshnewsasia.com/index.php/e ... inted.html
So what are the options for people with crypto here? Also, do people residing here and, say, mining crypto here need to go through any Cambodian based financial institute in order to access that crypto as any other currency?
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You don't have any options in Cambodia to my knowledge - keep it all online & do your currency exchanges in other countries. I've not heard of any action against miners or mining setups in Cambodia, but the moment it involves extracting real currency value domestically, all bets are off.
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Re: Cambodia needs Bitcoin ATMs

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Just use localbitcoin to western union, or other payment systems. Dont buy in person, its cambo
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