http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140727/business-market/article/gold-bitcoin-new-fad-e-currency-count-nears-500-mark'Gold for bitcoin' trades can also facilitate additional virtual demand for both the assets, compounding the woes of befuddled regulators, which are already finding it difficult to rein in bubbles created by gold, while the yellow metal is also being used extensively for black money transactions. While countries and financial watchdogs have tightened the screws on bitcoin industry, especially after a series of debacles, including Silk Road episode, the failure of Mt Gox exchange and persistent money laundering charges, the gold for bitcoin trades could have wider implications.