This is bad for bitcoin. Very bad.

It shows that the US goverment is fed up with virtual currencies that can be used for money laundering. And bitcoin is even MORE anonymous than LR was.

I think this is a bad sign and bitcoin is in trouble.

Look at the trend:

- US govt freezes dwolla account of MtGox
- LR shut down by US govt
- OKPay announces it will stop working with bitcoin (US govt involved??)

That's three less ways you can exchange US dollars for bitcoin.

What comes next?

- US stops international bank wires to bitcoin exchanges
- US shuts down campbx and bitinstant
- US cracks down on local bitcoin sales through localbitcoins
- US companies are banned from accepting bitcoin as payment

Bitcoin crashes and goes away.