U.S. puts money-laundering rules on "virtual currencies" like Bitcoin as new forms of cash fund crime.

Bitcoin Virtual Cash Gets Money-Laundering Rule

online.wsj.com 22 Mar '13, 4am

U.S. puts money-laundering rules on "virtual currencies" like Bitcoin as new forms of cash fund crime.

The U.S. is applying money-laundering rules to "virtual currencies," amid growing concern that new forms of cash bought on the Internet are being used to fund illicit activities. Enlarge Image Close Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The Treasury says money-laundering rules apply to 'virtual currencies.' The U.S. is applying money-laundering rules to "virtual currencies," amid growing concern that new forms of cash bought on the Internet are being used to fund illicit activities. Jeffrey Sparshott reports. Photo: AP. From the Archive A digital currency for Microsoft Outlook? Social Networks? WSJ's Andy Jordan talks to currency renegades tired of big-government centralized cash, and desperate to make their own (legal) money systems. The move means that firms that issue or exchange the increasingly popular online cash will now be regulated in a similar manner as traditional m...

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Bitcoin Virtual Cash Gets Money-Laundering Rule

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