“Consumers may be headed for trouble when they turn over bank and brokerage pass codes to investment advisers or get pulled into investment scams involving digital currencies formerly/http://www.reuters.com/finance/currency, state securities regulators said. The North American Securities Administrators Association said digital currencies, such as Bitcoin, offer consumers another way of paying for goods and services, but they also provide a ‘fertile ground for scam artists to capitalize on … (their) increasing popularity and acceptance.’ The association’s members include state and provincial regulators in the United States, Canada and Mexico.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/15/us-investing-risks-idUSBRE99E12V20131015
