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Mt. Gox has taken a step towards complying with US money-laundering regulations by registering as a money services business with the US Treasury Department.

Bitcoin-accepting Atlantis is poised to take on the Silk Road, which remains by far the biggest drug sales site.

Bitcoin transactions have been made exempt from capital gains tax after one year in Germany

The bitcoin community was reeling after it was revealed that California's financial regulator issued a cease and desist order to the Bitcoin Foundation.

The Financial Action Task Force estimates money laundering at between two and five percent of global GDP, i.e. $1.38 trillion to $3.45 trillion.

Those trading in digital currency in the US will soon be given more guidance on their tax reporting requirements.

Experts say that your Smart TV could be hacked and made to mine bitcoins. So could your PC's browser, for that matter. But how efficient would they be?

LocalBitcoins.com finally gets its Swiss bank account unfrozen due to SEPA Transfer.

A recent slew of phishing sites and advertising has been tricking users into signing up for fake Mt.Gox scam sites. Find out what to look out for.

Bitcoin is likely to face government regulation in the next few years, but how effective will it be and who will it hurt?

Do FinCEN's regulations apply to miners? One US-based firm wants to find out, and has asked the regulatory body to clarify.

Tangible Cryptography says it is suspending new purchases of bitcoins through its FastCash4Bitcoins service while it tries to resolve a compliance issue.

The boss of US regulator FinCEN has outlined what Bitcoin exchanges need to do to keep the feds happy and stay out of prison.

Bitcoin exchanges shouldn't expect the same free ride from regulators that giant "too-big-to-fail" banks like HSBC have enjoyed.

Whether you use “real” government-backed fiat or a distributed digital currency, what you use it for is subject to laws and regulations of many kinds.

The Bitcoin community has adapted to verbal, criminal and cyber attacks on the currency, an academic paper due for release tomorrow, reveals. The attacks – whether from hackers, fraudsters or government regulators – seem to be strengthening the community, the research Breaking Out of the Bank in Europe – Exploring Collective Emergent Institutional Entrepreneurship Through Bitcoin suggests. […]

A British business school professor believes Bitcoin needs to go on a charm offensive to win over worried national regulators.

Some Canadian Bitcoin exchanges reportedly received letters from financial regulators saying they do not have to follow the rules required by US regulators.

At the Bitcoin 2013 show in San Jose today, a panel of businesspeople and attorneys addressed the knotty regulatory challenges faced by bitcoin businesses.

Bitcoin companies might think they're smarter than the online gamblers and have better connected investors but US authorities have rules of their own.

An order from the US Department of Homeland Security is preventing Dwolla users from transferring funds to and from the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange.

Talking to people who use bitcoin on Silk Road reveals the site is likely not creating criminals.

Is bitcoin merely a tool for financial speculation … or a real currency capable of being used to buy and sell goods, as well as for investment purposes?

US financial regulators are ‘seriously considering’ regulation of Bitcoin and 'if they wanted to', they could regulate it.

A look at why bitcoin no more inherently encourages criminal activity than any other form of currency.