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US Treasury Updates Bitcoin Regulations

Bradley Jansen/March 19, 2013June 19, 2022 /2 Comments

Congratulations, Bitcoin, you've made the big time!  How do we know?  Easy, the Feds have you in their sights. I'm leaving today on a trip, but I'll have more on my analysis later.  Keep in mind that it was the anti-money laundering laws that brought down e-gold…

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Bitcoin ATM

Kurt Schuler/February 27, 2013June 19, 2022 /17 Comments

I have lacked the energy to write a follow-up to my last post but will do so by the weekend. In the meantime, here are a couple of stories about a Bitcoin ATM.

Digital Money, Free Banking

Senate Committee Passes ECPA Reform

Bradley Jansen/November 29, 2012June 19, 2022 /1 Comment

Today the US Senate Judiciary Committee marked up the Video Protection Privacy Act (VPPA) which included updates to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) passed in 1986 (before the proliferation of email and cloud computing, etc.). The ECPA language, if adopted into law, would require a warrant…

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Digital Money, Fiat Money, Free Banking

A cell phone solution to coin shortages

Kurt Schuler/September 26, 2012June 19, 2022 /1 Comment

Lars Christensen observes that in Zimbabwe a company called EcoCash, which allows customers to bank through their cell phones, is helping to solve the country's shortage of coins. During Zimbabwe's hyperinflation of the previous decade, local-currency coins disappeared because they were worth more as metal than as…

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Let’s not get rid of our wallets just yet

Kurt Schuler/August 13, 2012June 19, 2022 /8 Comments

The idea of purely electronic money, without notes and coins as hand-to-hand currency, has received attention not just for its potential convenience, but also for its potential to extend the range of central bank control in monetary policy, which some people consider a good idea. I see…

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