You'd think a government would announce something like that. And any change in the law would require an act of congress or the supreme court...I doubt Uncle Sam is ever going to be happy about Bitcoin unless they can control it. Will we see a fork for UncleSamCoins? I doubt that too. Is Uncle Sam gonna allow banks to hold Bitcoin as currency for meeting reserve requirements? I doubt it.
But now I really am curious...
Me too. "Absorbing" bitcoins would be the same as the Borg in the Star Trek series.
Assimilated. But.. I could be wrong. Its quite the suspense story.