PaymentsSource-2/7/14: Bitcoin’s earliest adopters used to launch scathing criticism at the U.S. for being the first to regulate digital currency in 2012, but their ire seems to have cooled off. The digital currency is, by design, a means to enable payments in situations where regulations or other policies impair the use of conventional payment systems. For example, in late 2010 supporters of WikiLeaks began making donations in Bitcoins after mainstream payments companies blocked transfers to the organization. Some countries are taking a stricter approach. In December, China banned financial institutions from transacting in Bitcoin and payment companies from clearing it.

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