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— Bitfinex (@bitfinex) May 17, 2018
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Article Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitfinex-requires-customer-tax-info-which-it-may-exchange-with-govt-tax-authorities
That's some crazy centralisation and government's greedy taxation policies going on there. We probably might see huge influx into Binance, Bittrex, etc.