[2015-11-22] European Union Seeking to Ban Bitcoin

[tyz]

Bitcoin has been enjoying a smooth ride in Europe up until Friday’s Paris tragedy occurred, sending shock-waves of fear and blame all over the world. A series of coordinated terrorist attacks, including mass shootings, suicide bombings, as well as hostage-taking swept Paris, France, on Friday, taking 129 lives and injured over 350 others. The terror group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the slaughter. Since then, there have been findings of a bitcoin account with $3 million funds in it linked to the attackers. All these events are being considered by European Union to ban bitcoin ultimately.

http://www.altcointoday.com/european-union-ban-bitcoin/

[fancy_pants]

This is what is passing for news these days:

"However, following a chain of transactions from the concerned account leads to another with more than $3 million (2.65 million euros) in bitcoin, though it is unclear who the account's owner is."

[tyz]

I guess, this account holding Bitcoins worth 3 million and what should allegedly belong to an Islamic State supporter, is just a smokescreen to take action against Bitcoin.
I am sure, many might people in Europe do not sit well with the VAT judgement by European Court some weeks ago.

This is what is passing for news these days:

"However, following a chain of transactions from the concerned account leads to another with more than $3 million (2.65 million euros) in bitcoin, though it is unclear who the account's owner is."

[RodeoX]

This is what is passing for news these days:

"However, following a chain of transactions from the concerned account leads to another with more than $3 million (2.65 million euros) in bitcoin, though it is unclear who the account's owner is."

I ignore "news" from any bitcoin / altcoin website. They need traffic for add revenue and know that posting nonsense about bans generates hits. There is nothing in that article about a ban. It's just paranoid speculation that terror will be a pretext for shutting down bitcoin.

It would appear that the real war against bitcoin by governments may finally be beginning. Instead of some more direct type of attack such as physical violence against bitcoin miners, or laws stopping...

That's where I stopped reading.

[InvoKing]

[...] All these events are being considered by European Union to ban bitcoin ultimately.

Ok so i will suppose that bitcoin is banned and the poor Europeans cannot buy/sell it anymore... Hmmm how this could stop anything? Did the terrorists bough the weapons/explosives in local stores using bitcoin or btc exchanged to fiat? Oh Wait they cannot buy weaps in EU!