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Re:How Bitcoin dies by elux on Thursday January 24, 2013 @11:00AM (#5110163)
Summary:

1: A DOJ indictment is unsealed which names everyone [involved in] BTC/USD exchange, as a criminal defendant.

2: The BTC/USD price falls to 0 and remains there. BTC are permanently worthless.

Re:How Bitcoin dies by zby on Thursday January 24, 2013 @11:15AM (#5110248)
The crux seems to be: "the defendants knew that BTC were used for organized criminal activity. Therefore, they knew they were transferring money for criminals."

He also claims that: 'Government control (excuse me, "public oversight") of all major monetary transactions is one of the basic attributes of sovereignty in the modern world.' - this also sounds dubious - the money laundering laws are not that old and I don't believe they became 'basic' in that short time span - also a government controlling all transactions is a very totalitarian design.

Re:How Bitcoin dies by fennecfoxen on Thursday January 24, 2013 @11:11AM (#5110221)
More specifically, the charges behind (1) are predicted to be on money-laundering.