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Bright Future for Bitcoin After Florida Case Dismissal

The case and decision are now likely to have widespread positive implications for Bitcoin in the South Florida region, said the defense’s main expert witness.

Espinoza’s legal team had previously called the initial police investigation “a fishing expedition” and the trial a “guinea pig test case“. The lawyers had been hopeful Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Teresa Mary Pooler would throw out the case after they filed a motion to dismiss in May.

Central to Espinoza’s defense was the notion that Bitcoin is not defined as money or even a currency under Florida law.

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