Société Générale's Legal Director Seeks Bitcoin Regulation
Société Générale's group legal director has called out for the establishment of an international bitcoin regulatory framework. In an article co-written by Dominique Bourrinet, group legal director of the French multinational bank; and his colleague Etienne Mauret, the consequences of bitcoin's undetermined legal status are discussed. A loosely translated version of the article reads: "In terms of French law, it [bitcoin] goes into no known category: it is neither a legal tender nor a means of payment - not even an electronic currency - within the meaning of the Monetary and Financial Code.....
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