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Summary: 1: A DOJ indictment is unsealed which names everyone [involved in] BTC/USD exchange, as a criminal defendant. 2: The BTC/USD price falls to 0 and rem

• fennecfoxen 14y ago
  More specifically, the charges behind (1) are predicted to be on money-laundering.
• zby 14y ago
  The crux seems to be: "the defendants knew that BTC were used for organized criminal activity. Therefore, they knew they were transferring money for criminals." He also claims that: 'Government control (excuse me, "public oversight") of all major monetary transactions is one of the basic attributes of sovereignty in the modern world.' - this also sounds dubious - the money laundering laws are not that old and I don't believe they became 'basic' in that short time span - also a government controlling all transactions is a very totalitarian design.
• deleted 14y ago
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