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Why Regulators Should Embrace Bitcoin

Policymakers and law enforcement should work with the Bitcoin community to realize the potential benefits of censorship-resistant money–and to develop tools and techniques to address the technology s potential misuse.  This article originally appeared in American Banker. 

by  Jerry Brito August 21, 2013

Governments are increasing their scrutiny of the decentralized digital currency and payments system Bitcoin. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee recently initiated an inquiry into Bitcoin and other...

A Shift Toward Digital Currency

As we move toward being a cashless society, we must defend consumers’ privacy and limit the power of government and businesses.  This article originally appeared in the New York Times. 

by  Jerry Brito April 4, 2012

Canada is eliminating the penny, but not the cent: digitally, consumers can still pay to the cent, for instance charging $1.03 to a credit card rather than paying $1.05 in...