The Bitcoin Thread or, How The Fed Is Going To Fuck You

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[Montegriffo]

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I remember someone called Parker doing something similar to that on here. I wonder what happened to him. I liked that guy.

[Speaker to Animals]

Hahahaha

I remember someone called Parker doing something similar to that on here. I wonder what happened to him. I liked that guy.

Parker dumped him in Galveston Bay.

[Fife]

McAfee just needs a proper thinking cap.

[TheReal_ND]

He needs rehab

[TheReal_ND]

February 2018 • 3:15pm

France and Germany's economy chiefs and senior central bankers have collectively called for a crackdown on Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrency as its price continues to swing.

Digital coins "could pose substantial risks for investors" and should be monitored closely, they claimed in a letter addressed to fellow G20 finance ministers.

The letter, which requested that a discussion surrounding regulation was chalked onto the agenda for this year's G20 Summit, was signed by German interim finance minister Peter Altmaier and France's Bruno le Maire.

It read: "Tokens and their potential for financial innovation should not be left to those who make the worst use of them. France and Germany have already taken concrete regulatory measures regarding 'virtual currencies' in the field of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing and the European Union is working in the same direction.

"However, an efficient pushback against the use of “tokens” and “virtual currencies” for the purpose of criminal activities will require a coordinated international effort."

The signatures of Francois Villeroy de Galhau and Jens Wedimann, the heads of Banque de France and Bundesbank, respectively, also appeared on the call to action.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2 ... clampdown/

Why do Muslims hate crypto? Is it haram?

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Meanwhile in Russia...

Russia's Interfax News Agency reports that engineers at the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF)—the Russian Federation Nuclear Center facility where scientists designed the Soviet Union's first nuclear bomb—have been arrested for mining cryptocurrency with "office computing resources," according to a spokesperson for the Institute. "There has been an unsanctioned attempt to use computer facilities for private purposes including so-called mining," said Tatyana Zalesskaya, head of the Institute's press service.

Zalesskaya did not say how many people were detained, and the Federal Security Service (FSB) has not issued a statement on the arrests or criminal charges pending. But reports indicate that the group was caught trying to harness the lab's supercomputer to mine cryptocurrency.

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I hope it's called Britcoin.

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