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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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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
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Don’t Sleep on China’s New Blockchain Internet
Commentary
The CCP is progressing unfettered in a parallel technological campaign: expanding global blockchain infrastructure....
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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COVID-19 and Illicit Finance in the Cyber Domain
Commentary
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major economic disruptions and forced large amounts of financial activity online. Illicit actors are likely to take advantage of the rapid shi...
By Yaya J. Fanusie & Sam Dorshimer
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Cryptocurrency Laundering Is a National Security Risk
Commentary
On March 2, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted two Chinese nationals for allegedly laundering cryptocurrency on behalf of North Korea. The laundering scheme ferreted away...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Banks Are Most Likely Exposed to Crypto-Assets Unknowingly
Commentary
U.S. financial regulators are watching closely to see how financial institutions’ exposure to the crypto-asset industry is affecting their bank anti-money laundering complianc...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Bitcoin and Terrorism – How Compliance Will Shape Cryptocurrencies
Podcast
Many within the cryptofinance industry have been patiently waiting for regulatory oversight to deliver the clarity required for institutional adoption. Recent updates by the F...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Iran, North Korea, and Crypto
Podcast
Fintech Beat gives an inside view from former intelligence officials on how sanctions and political gyrations between the Trump administration and Iran and North Korea can imp...
By Peter Harrell & Yaya J. Fanusie
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Watch Out for Iranian Info Wars Funded By Crypto
Commentary
With tensions rising between Washington and Tehran in the wake of the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qasim Soleimani earlier this month, U.S. officials should expect more Ira...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
