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Bitcoin exchanges need to grow up fast

Bitcoin exchanges shouldn't expect the same free ride from regulators that giant "too-big-to-fail" banks like HSBC have enjoyed.

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Liberty Reserve's lesson: Don't take liberties with the law

Whether you use “real” government-backed fiat or a distributed digital currency, what you use it for is subject to laws and regulations of many kinds.

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Bitcoin must charm regulators, says professor

A British business school professor believes Bitcoin needs to go on a charm offensive to win over worried national regulators.

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Canada confused on Bitcoin, eh?

Some Canadian Bitcoin exchanges reportedly received letters from financial regulators saying they do not have to follow the rules required by US regulators.

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Regulatory compliance a high-stakes 'must' for bitcoin businesses #Bitcoin2013

At the Bitcoin 2013 show in San Jose today, a panel of businesspeople and attorneys addressed the knotty regulatory challenges faced by bitcoin businesses.

Bitcoin 2013 Regulatory Panel

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Team America's Dwolla bashing is just the start

Bitcoin companies might think they're smarter than the online gamblers and have better connected investors but US authorities have rules of their own.

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Homeland Security stops Dwolla transactions with Mt. Gox

An order from the US Department of Homeland Security is preventing Dwolla users from transferring funds to and from the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange.

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Perception is bitcoin's biggest battle

Is bitcoin merely a tool for financial speculation … or a real currency capable of being used to buy and sell goods, as well as for investment purposes?

Bitcoin has to win a battle of hearts and minds

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Bitcoin comes under US regulator radar

US financial regulators are ‘seriously considering’ regulation of Bitcoin and 'if they wanted to', they could regulate it.

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Does bitcoin encourage crime?

A look at why bitcoin no more inherently encourages criminal activity than any other form of currency.

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