2013-08-13 Lawmakers, Banking Regulators Take On Bitcoin

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http://www.npr.org/2013/08/13/211735430/lawmakers-banking-regulators-take-on-bitcoin

The New York Department of Financial Services has issued subpoenas to several companies using the virtual currency Bitcoin for more information on how they do business. Audie Cornish talks to Jerry Brito, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, about the complications of regulating digital money.