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by mikecane 4533 days ago
"and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business" http://bnowire.com/inbox/?id=2158

And they reveal the hand they'll use to shut it all down.

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They revealed that hand a while ago with the FINCEN announcement.

The US government isn't going to give Bitcoin a status that's different than other currencies.

> And they reveal the hand they'll use to shut it all down.

Well, except that they released information about how they viewed MSB rules applying to virtual currencies some time ago, and since then bitcoin related businesses to which the rules would apply have taken steps to become appropriately licensed.