European Union plan to regulate and 'de-anonymise' bitcoin

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Bitcoin targeted in EU terrorist money-laundering crackdown - but not the €500 note

Anonymous currencies such as bitcoin could be outlawed under a European Union plan to tackle terrorism. The idea has been floated in an 'action plan for strengthening the fight against terrorist fi...

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