Ponzi-Scheme Charge Is Good News for Bitcoin

A SEC complaint against Bitcoin Savings and Trust means the crypto-currency is all grown up.
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Bitcoin: all grown up and part of Ponzi schemes. The crypto-currency's anonymous creator must be so proud.

A federal judge ruled yesterday that Bitcoin investments "meet the definition of investment contract, and as such, are securities." Nice try, Trendon Shavers.