Australia as well, it's definitely positive news for bitcoin.

I think that this is proof enough that China is slowly diminishing into the background for bitcoin stories. I remember a few months back everyone was still talking about chinese exchanges and how the chinese are pumping bitcoin up, and everything that bitcoin is doing at a particular moment was attributed to the chinese. Not anymore, because the people's bank of china decided to put strict capital controls on funds flowing into and out of bitcoin exchanges.


Actually, these two countries legalizing bitcoin(aka taking tax off) is incredibly useful because before it meant that you'd be looking to overpay 8% for your bitcoins, on top of market spreads.