[ NNSquad ] U.S. government moves to block bitcoins

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

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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