According to judge Regina Lucia Passos from 21st Civil Chamber of the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro, there should be a justified reason to close an account but the bank did not provide one, Portal do Bitcoin reported. Passos argued that despite warning in communiqué 31.379/17 about the “risks arising from the custody and trading of so-called virtual currencies,” the Central Bank of Brazil has not prohibited the trading of digital coins. The judge also insisted Sicoob incurred no losses from maintaining Mercado Bitcoin’s account. She added that by closing it unilaterally, claiming only commercial disinterest, the b ... (full story)