European Banking Authority will advise on regulating cryptocurrencies

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"The European Banking Authority (EBA) is set to create a taskforce to advise on whether virtual currencies should be regulated.
The watchdog, which is due to be created before July, will analyse the risk to consumers of using virtual currencies such as bitcoins."

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26420932  (last 2 paragraphs)