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On the recordNovember 18, 2013
If Bitcoin continues to attract attention, mostly as a way to finance purchases on Web sites like Silk Road, it is going to find itself in the digital wasteland.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Schumer warns that Bitcoin's association with crime could jeopardize its future.

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