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AlderaanDuran  ·  4046 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: U.S. Agencies to Say Bitcoins Offer Legitimate Benefits

    but these Senate hearings make it sound like the Winklevoss's ETF might actually happen.

I was VERY skeptical of which way the US Government would go, but from the sounds of it, they are not only letting it ride, but seemed to endorse it. I think that's a big thing. I honestly expected them to go the other way.





mk  ·  4046 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It might be that they don't want to be the odd country out, especially when it comes to dominating the world of finance.

AlderaanDuran  ·  4046 days ago  ·  link  ·  

True, but without a currency they can really get their hands into, I'm surprised they would support it. As long as taxes, mortgages, and paychecks are all paid/recieved in dollars, Bitcoin is still just a function of the world currencies, so I guess they really don't need to worry until that first company out there decides it's going to start paying people in Bitcoins.

user-inactivated  ·  4046 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I guess they really don't need to worry until that first company out there decides it's going to start paying people in Bitcoins.

The Internet Archive already does, at least for employees who want to be paid in Bitcoin.

AlderaanDuran  ·  4046 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Interesting. Thanks for that link. I wonder if they are still paying taxes on that payroll that goes out in BTC?

user-inactivated  ·  4046 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would assume so, but the exchange rate varying so much must make their accountant's job interesting.