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Re:The World's Biggest Wealth Manager Won't Touch Bitcoin by JamesBarney on Friday November 17, 2017 @02:05PM (#15724978)
He's not arguing that Bitcoin would be responsible for the terrorist action. He's arguing that hysteria would hold Bitcoin accountable. And this would create pressure to pass legislation that would crack down on it.

And deserved or not Bitcoin is perceived differently than cash. Its seen as something nefarious, and strange. Where cash is something familiar.

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Re:The World's Biggest Wealth Manager Won't Touch Bitcoin by ftlio on Friday November 17, 2017 @02:25PM (#15725183)
The irony of course being that the US has even bombed USD cash reserves of ISIS. The USD network funds plenty of unscrupulous acts. It's a shame that people won't be able to see that equivalency though. When regulators come after Bitcoin, it will be from a conflict of interest, not a moral high ground.
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