[2016-04-26] bitcoin.com: "I expect ShapeShift be shut down by the government"

[LiteCoinGuy]

"I expect ShapeShift be shut down by the government"

Bitcoin.com spoke with Wall Street veteran and author of the LibertyLifeTrail blog, Tone Vays, on the recent Panama Papers leak, using Bitcoin as a safe haven, and why he believes 90% of blockchain companies right now are “meaningless.”

https://news.bitcoin.com/tone-vays-90-bitcoin-cos-meaningless/

[TraderTimm]

Rumors have been flying that the shapeshift hack might've been an operation to disclose information leading to laundering charges. This only thickens the plot, I think...

[BitcoinXio]

Rumors have been flying that the shapeshift hack might've been an operation to disclose information leading to laundering charges. This only thickens the plot, I think...

What is there to disclose if no account information is being captured by them? Outside of bitcoin addresses and other alts... which can all already be seen and scrutinized on the blockchain.

[BellaBitBit]

Would this be the first time a government shut down something like this?  I know things have failed but not sure if I have heard something like this.