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Re: [2017-12-19] Kuwait Prohibits Bitcoin
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tee-rex
on 23/12/2017, 10:42:01 UTC
On December 18 Kuwait’s Ministry of Finance said that it does not recognize bitcoin and forbids its trading in the Kuwaiti financial institutions.

According to the Arab Times, sources from the ministry explained that the Central Bank of Kuwait does not allow financial institutions, banks and affiliated companies to trade bitcoin in the wake of the recent surge in prices.

Read more: https://hype.codes/kuwait-prohibits-bitcoin

What is your opinion about future of bitcoin in arabic countries?

The thread title is misleading.

My take is that they are not actually prohibiting bitcoin for ordinary people. According to the article, the Kuwaiti law cannot prohibit online trading because "it falls under the laws for “e-programs”. I don't really know what is meant by these “e-programs” but it seems quite straightforward and transparent that simple traders are pretty safe and free to trade bitcoin in Kuwait for now.