1) Nothing is stopping you from refusing to deal with any Bitcoin exchange that is not audited to adhere to PCI 1 standards as adapted to deal with Bitcoins. I

1) Nothing is stopping you from refusing to deal with any Bitcoin exchange that is not audited to adhere to PCI 1 standards as adapted to deal with Bitcoins. If no such exchange exists, nothing is starting you from starting one. 2) I think far more damage is being done to Bitcoin by the political fighting and poor technical decisions of the core developers. Bitcoin weathered Mt Gox, it can weather Cryptsy.