{"id":486,"date":"2013-11-19T14:07:23","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T19:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=486"},"modified":"2020-10-07T11:41:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T11:41:50","slug":"senator-chuck-schumer-bitcoin-significant-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/senator-chuck-schumer-bitcoin-significant-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Chuck Schumer: &quot;Bitcoin Has Significant Potential&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-491\" alt=\"Schumer Bitcoin Tweet 19 NOV 13\" src=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Schumer-Bitcoin-Tweet-19-NOV-13.jpg?resize=508%2C216\" width=\"508\" height=\"216\"><\/p>\n<p>The same man that was seemingly outspoken against Bitcoin back in 2009 is perhaps chaning his mind on just how useful Bitcoin is. His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/123187958.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">statement in 2011<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It&#8217;s an online form of money laundering used to disguise the source of money, and to disguise who&#8217;s both selling and buying the drug.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, the Senator has seemingly changed his stance, posting today on Twitter that &#8220;Bitcoin has significant potential.&#8221; Is the senator looking for Bitcoin donations, now that the <a title=\"FEC May Allow Bitcoin Campaign Donations\" href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2013\/11\/08\/fec-may-allow-bitcoin-campaign-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">FEC says it&#8217;s permitted<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The same man that was seemingly outspoken against Bitcoin back in 2009 is perhaps chaning his mind on just how useful Bitcoin is. His statement in 2011: It&#8217;s an online form of money laundering used to disguise the source of money, and to disguise who&#8217;s both selling and buying the drug. Now, the Senator has seemingly changed his stance, posting today on Twitter that &#8220;Bitcoin has significant potential.&#8221; Is the senator looking for Bitcoin donations, now that the FEC says it&#8217;s permitted?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":516,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[428,1119,1333,11,3824,4524],"class_list":["post-486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-btc","tag-chuckschumer","tag-news","tag-senators","tag-xbt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Senator Chuck Schumer: &quot;Bitcoin Has Significant Potential&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The same man that was seemingly outspoken against Bitcoin back in 2009 is perhaps chaning his mind on just how useful Bitcoin is. 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