[2014-12-02] ET: Australia probes Mt Gox bitcoin crime links

Australia probes Mt Gox bitcoin crime links as currency craves legitimacy

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/australia-probes-mt-gox-bitcoin-crime-links-as-currency-craves-legitimacy/articleshow/45345365.cms

A top Australian law enforcement agency is investigating bitcoin's role in organised crime, a senior official said, just as politicians and financial regulators embrace the digital currency as a legitimate part of modern business.

The investigation into bitcoin's crime links by one authority as others embrace it highlights the crossroads governments have reached as they struggle to regulate the five-year-old "cryptocurrency", a method of making anonymous payments which has surged in popularity around the world.