Legal According to a opinion, from the Central Bank of Iceland «there is no authorization to purchase foreign currency from financial institutions in Iceland or to transfer foreign currency across borders on the basis of transactions with virtual currency. Legal On 23 December the Slovenian Ministry of Finance made an announcement [] stating that bitcoin is neither a currency nor an asset. Nonetheless, mining has a magnetic appeal for many investors interested in cryptocurrency because of the fact that miners are rewarded for their work with crypto tokens. Retrieved 31 July