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Litigation

Jul. 8, 2015

FTC steps up on Bitcoin

Hot off the heels of a settlement with a mobile app company that illegally mined bitcoins without consumer's knowledge, the Federal Trade Commission recently sounded the alarm about the virtual currency and its impact on consumer legal rig


By Kibkabe Araya


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Hot off the heels of a settlement with a mobile app company that was illegally mining
bitcoins without consumers' knowledge, the Federal Trade Commission recently sounded
the alarm about the virtual currency and its impact on consumer legal rights, leading
many experts to believe that more federal and state government action is around the

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