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Title: 2013-06-02 BI: Bitcoin Is Sacrificing Its Soul To Survive
Post by: Arvicco on June 03, 2013, 06:42:35 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-is-sacrificing-its-soul-to-survive-2013-6

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Peter Vessenes, chairman and executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation: "The U.S. put out guidance recently through the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and we've been following up on that guidance and crushing bad actors"

UPDATE: Seems like this quote is in error: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=223839.msg2362317#msg2362317


Title: Re: 2013-06-02 BI: Bitcoin Is Sacrificing Its Soul To Survive
Post by: cypherdoc on June 03, 2013, 07:33:58 PM
i'd say the best news over the past couple of weeks is that Peter Vessenes will be stepping down as CEO of the Bitcoin Foundation.


Title: Re: 2013-06-02 BI: Bitcoin Is Sacrificing Its Soul To Survive
Post by: solex on June 04, 2013, 07:01:04 AM
That quote is in error. It is FinCen doing the "crushing", not PV

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=223839.msg2362317#msg2362317