17 March 2014

Dutch Official Downplays Law Enforcement Need for Bitcoin Ban

The Netherlands’ Minister of Justice and Security Ivo Opstelten has issued statements suggesting that the digital currency should not be banned due to its connection to criminal practices.


The statements, published by Dutch news source Coincurant, come in light of recent high-profile, bitcoin-related arrests made by the country’s law enforcement officials, as well as concern about the Internet’s role in gun violence.


In statements the wider digital currency community is likely to find encouraging, Opstelten said that while the digital currency is used for illegal means, this concern can apply to other, more mainstream currencies and payment types.


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March 17, 2014 at 08:39PM