http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/21336/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/us_regulator_bitcoin_exchanges_must_comply_money_laundering_laws <p>The federal agency charged with enforcing the nation's laws against money laundering has issued new guidelines suggesting that several parties in the Bitcoin economy qualify as Money Services Businesses under US law. MSBs must register with the federal government, collect information about their customers, and take steps to combat money laundering by their customers. The new guidelines do not mention Bitcoin by name, but there's little doubt which "de-centralized virtual currency" the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) had in mind when it drafted the new guidelines.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freetalklive.com/content/us_regulator_bitcoin_exchanges_must_comply_money_laundering_laws" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/us_regulator_bitcoin_exchanges_must_comply_money_laundering_laws#comments arstechnica bitcoin FinCEN News Article Regulation Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:40:29 +0000 Cyphase 27580 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/fbi_fears_bitcoin%E2%80%99s_popularity_criminals_ars_technica <p>The FBI sees the anonymous Bitcoin payment network as an alarming haven for money laundering and other criminal activity—including as a tool for hackers to rip off fellow Bitcoin users.</p> <p>That’s according to a new FBI internal report that leaked to the Internet this week, which expresses concern about the difficulty of tracking the identity of anonymous Bitcoin users, while also unintentionally providing tips for Bitcoin users to remain more anonymous.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freetalklive.com/content/fbi_fears_bitcoin%E2%80%99s_popularity_criminals_ars_technica" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/fbi_fears_bitcoin%E2%80%99s_popularity_criminals_ars_technica#comments arstechnica bitcoin fbi