Bitcoin advocates cultivated close ties with Obama‑era officials and law‑enforcement agencies during 2013 Senate hearings
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The document details a coordinated lobbying effort by Bitcoin Foundation officials (Patrick Murck, Gavin Andresen) and senior advocates who met with senior Senate staff, the Treasury’s FinCEN chief, t Patrick Murck (Bitcoin Foundation GC) testified before Senate Homeland Security Committee and later June 13, 2013 conference co‑hosted by the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children fe
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