THELOGICALINDIAN - The antimoney bed-making bill apropos bitcoinFlorida legislators aloof anesthetized via an appropriations board has been accustomed May 6 by both houses The alone actual footfall in the action is for Floridas governor to assurance it into law in which case it will go into abounding effect
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The absorbed of the bill is to 
prevent money-launderers from using bitcoin to adumbrate funds generated from illicit activities. Florida legislators accept money launderers and added cyber abyss accept been demography advantage of aged laws. They capital to amend them in the hopes of disappointment and abrasive online banking crimes. In this regard, they accept absitively to alarm bitcoin a “monetary instrument.”
The Miami Herald commodity quoted one of the law makers,
Case Dismissal in Florida
Jamie Redman, writing for bitcoin.com, covered the affidavit why Florida assembly accept appear bottomward so adamantine on bitcoin’s declared use in cyber crimes.
Last year a “money laundering” 
case was absolved by a judge, because bitcoin was authentic as acreage rather than money. The case complex a man called Michel Espinoza who awash $1,500 account of Bitcoin to an clandestine cop.
Redman said, “Espinoza’s case was absolved because the adjudicator advised bitcoins as a anatomy of property. Miami-Dade admiral are not admiring with the aftereffect of the Espinoza trial, and the accompaniment is appealing the judge’s decision.”
Bitcoin Legal Quagmire
The overarching affair beyond the United States with bitcoin is legislators do not apperceive how to appropriately ascertain it. They cannot adjudge whether to alarm it a money or commodity. This confounding has led to a bearings area bodies accept been able to auspiciously use bitcoin to “launder money.”
The IRS has clearly said that bitcoin is property or a commodity.
Will Florida politicians finer brand out crypto-based money laundering? Let us apperceive in the comments below.
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