MatrixVision Wants to Make Bitcoin 'Cleaner Than Cash'
A new analytics service called MatrixVision aims to make bitcoin "cleaner than cash" for large trade volume enterprises, helping them to avoid association with illegal activity and stay on good terms with their partners in the traditional finance industry. Bitcoin exchanges, payment processors and fund managers are seeing huge amounts of wealth pass through their servers. As this rises even further, many are concerned not only that a proportion of this traffic could be the proceeds of illegal activity, but also about actions that could be taken against them by regulators and law....
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