Florida judge: Bitcoins aren’t currency, so state money laws don’t apply

Ars Technica
By Cyrus FarivarJul 27, 2016, 9:40 am147 pts
(credit: Noah Coffey) A Florida judge has decided in favor of a bitcoin vendor charged with violating local money-laundering laws, because, she found, the cryptocurrency is not money as defined under state law. “The Florida Legislature may choose to adopt statutes regulating virtual currency in the future,”…

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