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New York's Financial Regulator Subpoenas Bitcoin Companies 259

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @12:05AM from the party's-over-folks dept.

dreamstateseven writes "Things are getting serious for Bitcoin this month: a federal judge declared it real money, Bloomberg gave it an experimental ticker, Thailand declared it illegal, and now New York's financial regulator announced an interest in regulating it. The department is starting out by subpoenaing 22 digital-currency companies and investors to get a lay of the Bitcoin land. They sent letters to the major Bitcoin players asking them to hand over information regarding their money laundering controls, consumer protection practices, source of funding, pitch books (for Bitcoin start-ups) and investment strategies (for Bitcoin investors). Keep in mind, a subpoena doesn't mean criminal activity has taken place."

Comment Re:Will the obese play? (Score 3, Insightful) 184

by csbrooks on Wednesday January 25, 2006 @02:08PM (#14559942) Attached to: DDR Coming To West Virginia Schools

I play DDR sometimes at the local Peter Piper Pizza. I've seen some overweight kids going to town there. They were pretty good, too.

I don't think it'll be a problem. Yeah, you move your body, but it's all about reacting quickly to stuff on the screen. I mean, basically, it's a videogame.

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