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[ PRIVACY Forum ] U.S. government moves to block bitcoins
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U.S. government moves to block bitcoins
http://j.mp/1415Qm8 (Pando Daily)
"In the first governmental action against bitcoins, the Department of
Homeland Security served the Dwolla mobile payment service with a
court order requiring it to immediately cease all account activities
with the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange. Dwolla has complied with this
order. The news was first reported by Betabeat citing an email that
OkCupid co-founder Chris Coyne received from the Dwolla and posted to
Twitter. Other users have subsequently reported receiving similar
communications from the federal agency and having difficulty accessing
funds transferred to Mt. Gox from Dwolla in the last 24 hours."
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