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Originally Posted by AdultKing
Dwolla received Federal orders to stop processing payments between Dwolla and MtGox.
Expect more of the same over coming months and years, Bitcoin has no friends when it comes to western Governments and regulators.
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Interesting as I met the CEO of Dwolla, Ben Milne, talk at Iowa State. Got his business card etc.
He mentioned that when he was developing Dwolla the fed showed up to his door, scared the crap out of him. He mentioned the feds are all about finding more ways to make currency flow in the economy and were more than willing to help.
But with bitcoins position it isn't a surprise they received these orders.
Bitcoin can't be so easily manipulated by the government or taxed (except for exchange for other currency they have control over) so it is no surprise why they would get federal orders over something like this.