Regulatory History

P. Carl Mullan
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P. Carl Mullan: PDX Currency Corporation

Chapter 6 in The Digital Currency Challenge: Shaping Online Payment Systems through US Financial Regulations, 2014, pp 36-48 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Regulatory action against digital currency systems started quietly in Australia in 2004. In 2005, e-gold was raided but no charges were filed. In 2007, GoldAge, one of the original exchange agents, was closed and prosecuted. Also in 2007, the e-gold operators were indicted on multiple felony charges and the assets of about a dozen exchange agents in America were seized. Similar actions to separate digital currency businesses from US banking faculties can be seen today in the operation of US Bitcoin businesses.

Keywords: Bank Account; Exchange Agent; Financial Privacy; Grand Jury; Regulatory History (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137382559_7

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