Doesn't this defeat the whole idea? Bitcoin registers to become legitimate payment method: cc @bitcoininfo

Bitcoin Registers With European Regulators

psfk.com 10 Dec '12, 4pm

Doesn't this defeat the whole idea? Bitcoin registers to become legitimate payment method: cc @bitcoininfo

This article titled “Virtual currency Bitcoin registers with European regulators” was written by Jemima Kiss, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 7th December 2012 19.53 UTC The virtual currency Bitcoin took a step towards legitimacy today as its eurozone wing joined the ranks of PayPal and Worldpay by becoming a registered payment services provider (PSP) under European law. Under a deal made in France with the investment firm Aqoba and the Crédit Mutuel bank, Bitcoin-Central now has an international bank ID number, meaning the network will be able to send and receive transfers to and from other banks and issue debit cards for users. In a post on the Bitcoin forum , Bitcoin staffer davout announced: “At Paymium we spent lots of time and energy talking about Bitcoin to our regulating bodies, the Banque de France, the ACP (French equivalent of the American SEC), TRACFIN (AML French...

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