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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency. less -

GAO Issues Report Concerning Emerging Challenges Posed by Virtual Currencies

Goodwin on 7/9/2014

The Government Accountability Office (the “GAO”) issued a report concerning virtual currencies (the “Report”) to the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The Report discusses emerging...more

CFPB to Assume a Larger Role in Virtual Currency Initiatives

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/8/2014

On June 26, 2014, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report, entitled “Virtual Currencies: Emerging Regulatory, Law Enforcement, and Consumer Protection Challenges.” The report, delivered earlier to...more

Virtual Currency Year-In-Review: Bitcoin and Beyond

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/2/2014

Bitcoin and other decentralized, math-based virtual currencies emerged in 2013 as nascent challenges to traditional payment systems, drawing widespread public attention, venture capital investment, and regulatory scrutiny....more

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GAO Issues Report Concerning Emerging Challenges Posed by Virtual Currencies

CFPB to Assume a Larger Role in Virtual Currency Initiatives

Virtual Currency Year-In-Review: Bitcoin and Beyond

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