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Is US Regulation the Single Biggest Threat to Bitcoin?
[Reading time: 9 minutes] On March 4, 2013 I gave a talk titled just like this post at the New York City Bitcoin Meetup. The talk blurb read: If you are a Bitcoin ecosystem participant (user,...
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Performance+Compliance: The Business Challenge of the Day
[Reading time: 6 minutes] As the twenty‐first century unfolds, new and higher stakeholder expectations challenge organizations to achieve performance goals and increase shareholder value while at the...
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It’s Official: Foreign Bitcoin Operators Servicing Texas Residents Must...
[Reading Time: 3 minutes] As of May 1, the state of Texas became the second US state to explicitly require foreign-located money transmitters (including Bitcoin exchangers and administrators) to obtain...
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The Criminal Precedent that Could Curb Bitcoin’s Enthusiasm
[Reading Time: 10 minutes] In July of 2008, after months of wrangling with the Department of Justice (DOJ), E-Gold, Ltd.’s senior management and directors pleaded guilty to the following charges:...
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Dwolla Account Seizure Reveals Mt Gox on Brink of US Indictment
[Reading Time: 8 minutes] The US District of Maryland seizure warrant that stopped Dwolla in its tracks this week reveals in good detail that the Department of Homeland Security, the US federal agency...
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2013-06-01 Crypto Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory and business milestones in the crypto-currency race to maturity with links to trusted sources. Please point me to any events that you consider important...
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The End of Bitcoin as We Know It
[Reading Time: 7 minutes] (Or as hard-core Bitcoiners want it, I should say.) Rocky week for the crypto-currency world this past one! All of the following happened over the course of the last seven to...
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A Trip to Northwestern Europe
Every time I go to Europe, in spite of the doomsday mongering we all hear in the news, I find it colorful, vibrant, full of amazing art, incredible beauty and endless opportunity. I’ll let these images...
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“Most Bitcoiners Are Unaware or In A State of Deep Denial”
[Reading Time: 8 minutes] Interview with David Landsman, Executive Director of the National Money Transmitters Association (NMTA) – PART ONE In the past couple of weeks I have noticed in my...
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“Bitcoiners Must Understand that Compliance is Just the Beginning”
[Reading Time: 15 minutes] Interview with David Landsman, Executive Director of the National Money Transmitters Association (NMTA) – PART TWO Longer post than usual, I’m aware, but well worth it –the...
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Bitcoiners In Denial + Compliance Just the Beginning (Redux)
[Reading Time: 4 minutes] For the benefit of those whose low tolerance for verbosity may have caused them to miss my insights-laden interview with David Landsman, Executive Director of the National...
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2013-07-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory and business milestones in the crypto-currency race to maturity with links to trusted sources. The June 2013 Key Events were: 6/10/2013 – LibertyBit...
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Winklevii Warn Investors in Their ETF that Bitcoin May Become Illegal
[Reading Time: 6 minutes] Apart from the cookie-cutter risks everyone is required by law to disclose, the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust prospectus contains a series of unique risk factors that would make...
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The Hidden Rule that Could Kill Bitcoin’s Irrevocability
[Reading Time: 6 minutes] If federal anti-money laundering rules ‘killed’ Bitcoin’s anonymity, could consumer protection rules ‘kill’ its irrevocability? Last March, the crypto-currency world was...
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2013-08-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the crypto-currency race to maturity with links to trusted sources. The July 2013 Key Crypto-Events were...
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“Compliance-Enabled Legitimacy is Key to Bitcoin’s Survival”
[Reading Time: 9 minutes] Interview with Megan Burton, founder and CEO of CoinX Early last month, at a Bitcoin pitch contest organized by Ultra Light Startups, the winner, Atlanta-based CoinX, beat the...
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Is Bitcoin Selling its Soul to the State?
[Reading Time: 5 minutes] This question or some variation of it has actually been posed to me by many virtual currency enthusiasts over the past few months. It so happens that the financial services...
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2013-09-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the crypto-currency race to maturity with links to trusted sources. The Key August 2013 Crypto-Events...
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No Banking, No Bitcoin
[Reading Time: 4 minutes] Last Friday’s news that the Internet Archive Federal Credit Union (IAFCU) had shut down Tradehill’s account must have sent chills down the spine of every virtual currency...
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The Value of a Necessary Evil
[Reading Time: 3 minutes] Over the past few years, I have been polling compliance professionals around the world, anonymously, of course, on how compliance and risk management are treated by their...
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