How do you officially investigate someone stealing your monopoly money?
Where is the FDIC insurance? Exactly what are they suppose to tell the police? The FBI? ... oh thats right, nothing, because they are not a bank, and the only thing "stolen" was some ones and zeroes off a hard-drive.
Seriously though... where is the police report on this? Or any of the other hacked bitcoin exchanges for that matter?
The government investigates stolen "ones and zeros" all the time. The FDIC provides protection for users, but the lack of FDIC doesn't mean that no laws apply.
This is a slippery slope. How do you think the Federal Reserve pops money into existence before they go on a QE tear? The bits ("ones and zeroes") pop into existence in their account, and they start buying assets/mortgages/whatever.
Currency only has value because of the shared belief that is has value.
Are you implying that a bank would somehow be held accountable for breaking the law or ripping people off? Since when?
The rest of your comment is nonsnese.
You think the FBI is never interested in ones and zeros on a hard drive? How do you square that with the facts discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9044805
You think there's never any police reports or official investigation? How do you square that with the facts surrounding the collapse of Mt Gox? A recent headline announced that the police are closing in on the fraudsters: http://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/01/02/bitcoin-fraud-mt-go...
Apparently police are quite capable of investigating the theft of "monopoly money", and understanding the issues involved.