For your information, the US govt is very much treating Bitcoin like a "real" currency. In addition to the SEC prosecution, the US Treasury bureau FinCEN tacit

For your information, the US govt is very much treating Bitcoin like a "real" currency. In addition to the SEC prosecution, the US Treasury bureau FinCEN tacitly approved of Bitcoin ("virtual currencies") in http://fincen.gov/statutes_regs/guidance/html/FIN-2013-G001.html http://fincen.gov/statutes_regs/guidance/html/FIN-2013-G001....