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Watch Out for Illicit Actors Gaming Crypto Games
Commentary
If the metaverse is to become the virtual interactive world that its proponents aspire for it to be, a combination of gaming and crypto will expand the outlets for good and ba...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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The Lawfare Podcast: China’s NFT Plans for Digital Control
Podcast
Lawfare fellow in cybersecurity law Alvaro Marañon sat down with Yaya Fanusie, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, to speak about the China gov...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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China’s NFT Plans Are a Recipe for the Government’s Digital Control
Commentary
China is in the midst of launching a state-backed NFT infrastructure network with implicit geopolitical aims: to manage and ultimately oversee the architecture underpinning a ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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The crypto market is not large enough to offset Russian losses, says fmr. CIA analyst
Video
Alex Zerden of Capital Peak Strategies; Yaya Fanusie, former economic analyst in the CIA; and Michelle Bond, CEO of the Association for Digital Asset Markets, join Carl Quinta...
By Yaya J. Fanusie & Alex Zerden
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Experts Fear Digital Yuan Implications
Video
The Beijing Olympics marked the international debut of China's digital currency. The electronic yuan was rolled out for tests at the sporting venue. NHK World's Yanaka Marie s...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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The Fed Explores a Digital Dollar
Podcast
The Federal Reserve recently took the first step in exploring the possibility of an American CBDC. It issued a 40-page paper outlining the potential benefits of, and concerns ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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What FATF’s Latest Guidance Means for DeFi, Stablecoins and Self-Hosted Wallets
Commentary
CBDCs will likely be regulated as fiat currencies and including them under the guidance for permissionless virtual assets may complicate matters....
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Former CIA Analyst on Crypto Regulation
Video
Yaya Fanusie, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses national security implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. He speak...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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China Is Making Smart Money
Commentary
As a U.S. national security matter, China’s progress in the digital renminbi is more about China’s ambition to harness data than it is about advancing its currency....
By Yaya J. Fanusie & Emily Jin
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The Digital Currency Revolution
Podcast
The Hopkins Podcast on Foreign Affairs interviews Yaya Fanusie about China and its development of a digitized central bank currency and the ease with which new cryptocurrencie...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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The Promises and Perils of Central Bank Digital Currencies
Congressional Testimony
Chairman Himes, Ranking Member Barr, the distinguished members of the subcommittee, and my fellow panelists, it is an honor to participate in today’s hearing. Please allow me ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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China’s Fintech Strategy: Seeking to Dominate the Next Data Revolution
Congressional Testimony
Chair Warren, Ranking Member Cassidy, the distinguished members of the subcommittee, and my fellow panelists, it is an honor to participate in today’s hearing. Please allow me...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Show Me the Crypto
Video
Energy, Economics and Society Adjunct Senior Fellow Yaya J. Fanusie and Research Assistants Jason Bartlett and Emily Jin hosted an interactive choose-your-own-adventure style ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie, Jason Bartlett & Emily Jin
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The Myths and Realities of China’s Digital Currency
Podcast
Yaya Fanusie joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman for a conversation about what China’s digital currency is and what it’s not. Listen to the full conversation from World Politics Revie...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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China’s Pursuit for Leadership in Digital Currency
Congressional Testimony
Submitted Written TestimonyI. Strategic Assessment Vice Chairman Cleveland, Commissioner Wessel, and distinguished members and staff of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Re...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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China's digital currency play could spell trouble for private sector, foreign industry
Podcast
Yaya Fanusie speaks to CBC Radio about the digital yuan project and its extension of China's ambitious data-driven goals. Listen to the full interview from CBC Radio....
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Merchant Crypto Payments: A New National Security Frontier
Commentary
Much of this steady rush into retail crypto activity is occurring without a check of the regulatory blindspots ahead....
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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China's New Digital Currency Is Easy to Use but You'll Be Watched
Video
Yaya Fanusie comments on the growing usage of digital currency in China and the implications for personal data and international businesses. Watch the full video from The Wal...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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The Lawfare Podcast: Yaya Fanusie on 'Central Bank Digital Currencies: The Threat From Money Launderers and How to Stop Them'
Podcast
Alan Rozenshtein sat down with Yaya Fanusie, a former CIA analyst and an expert on the national security implications of cryptocurrencies, who recently published a paper as pa...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Central Bank Digital Currencies: The Threat From Money Launderers and How to Stop Them
Commentary
Digital currency appears to be the future of money....
By Yaya J. Fanusie
