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Stricter Verification Laws in the U.S. Won’t Stop International Terrorists from Using Crypto
Commentary
The realm of terrorist financing is always a cat-and-mouse game....
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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America Is Missing a Big Opportunity on Blockchain
Commentary
Over the past year, with high-profile cases of fraud plaguing cryptocurrency ventures such asFTX and Terra Luna, financial regulators around the world have aggressively looked...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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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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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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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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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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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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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
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
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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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
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How To Really Help Free North Koreans Through Crypto
A few weeks ago, the FBI arrested an Alabama-born computer programmer for allegedly helping the North Korean regime evade U.S. sanctions through blockchain technology. Accordi...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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The Travel Rule Is Not Enough If Crypto Gets Adopted
Commentary
Last week, at a large fintech conference in Washington, DC, the head of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the arm of the U.S. Treasury Department that enforce...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
