IRONY: "Cocaine Found on 90% of U.S. Bills" while only ".5% of Bitcoin Transactions are to buy Drugs"

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About half a percent of Bitcoin transactions are to buy drugs. http://lsvp.com/2013/08/15/about-half-a-percent-of-bitcoin-transactions-are-to-buy-drugs/

Cocaine on Money: Drug Found on 90% of U.S. Bills http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090816-cocaine-money.html

.....Food for thought....

New York State Department of Financial Services: "... we have also seen instances where the cloak of anonymity provided by virtual currencies has helped support dangerous criminal activity, such as drug smuggling..." http://www.dfs.ny.gov/about/press2013/memo1308121.pdf

Dread Pirate Roberts: "THE DREAD PIRATE ROBERTS isn't shy about naming Silk Road's active ingredient: The cryptographic digital currency known as Bitcoin. "We've won the State's War on Drugs because of Bitcoin," he writes." http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/08/14/meet-the-dread-pirate-roberts-the-man-behind-booming-black-market-drug-website-silk-road/

hmmmm...

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