Worth pointing out that he was not arrested for Bitcoin usage, but for selling "over $1 million in Bitcoins to criminals bent on trafficking narcotics on the dark web drug site, Silk Road"
The article is extremely poorly edited, but I wouldn't worry because at the moment the only primary source is the press release at the bottom.
Interestingly, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara refers to Bitcoin as being "a new form of currency" and "like any traditional currency" in the context of money laundering. I think we can take this as a clue that this is the stance the prosecution intends to take.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 10.0 ms ] threadInterestingly, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara refers to Bitcoin as being "a new form of currency" and "like any traditional currency" in the context of money laundering. I think we can take this as a clue that this is the stance the prosecution intends to take.