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Title: 2013-08-13 Washington Post: Congress starts investigating Bitcoin
Post by: BitGo on August 13, 2013, 07:08:48 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/13/congress-starts-investigating-bitcoin/

"Homeland Security Committee is asking the Obama administration to provide details about all of its current “policies, procedures, guidance or advisories” related to virtual currencies and information about “plans or strategies regarding virtual currencies.”"


Title: Re: 2013-08-13 Washington Post: Congress starts investigating Bitcoin
Post by: 420 on August 13, 2013, 09:29:37 PM
"Indeed, Congress could play an important rule by establishing a uniform set of federal rules that preempt conflicting state laws and give Bitcoin startups greater certainty about what rules they must follow."