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China on Cusp of Eliminating Cash, Pushing the World Toward Total Government Surveillance
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The Chinese were the first in the world to invent paper money back in the 7th Century. Now, more than 1,400 years later, China is again on the cusp of creating a new form of g...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Memes, NFTs, sanctions: North Korea and the evolving world of cryptocurrencies
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As the market for cryptocurrency grows and the wider public engages with the technology behind it, there are new opportunities for illicit actors like North Korea to take adva...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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The future of money: The digital currency revolution is here, and may sweep away 5,000 years of monetary history
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There is a coming storm in the world of finance as governments around the world engage in a global contest to digitize their currenciesRead the full article and more from The ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Beijing Tries to Put Its Imprint on Blockchain
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China, home of the Great Firewall, is trying to bring order to a scrappy corner of cyberspace—and in the process put its mark on the next-generation internet. A Beijing-backed...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Digital Yuan Gives China a New Tool to Strike Back at Critics
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Even as China grows in economic and military power, perhaps nothing reveals Beijing’s weaknesses more than the U.S.’s control of the global financial system.China has recently...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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US Policy Adviser Rebuts Peter Thiel: Bitcoin Won’t Undermine USD
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A member of a Congressional group tasked with looking at the national security implications of the U.S.’s economic relationship with China said Thursday that bitcoin (BTC, -1....
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Money Laundering Might Taint NFTs Too, Prepare For Tighter Controls
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While non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are certainly the big thing in crypto at the moment, they aren’t without their problems. Aside from accusations of hype and faddishness, NFTs ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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China Charges Ahead With a National Digital Currency
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Annabelle Huang recently won a government lottery to try China’s latest economics experiment: a national digital currency. After joining the lottery through the social media a...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Secret Documents Show How Terrorist Supporters Use Bitcoin — And How The Government Is Scrambling To Stop Them
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The propagandist who called himself Azym Abdullah didn’t need much money to set up a website for ISIS that would broadcast gruesome beheading videos. What he needed was secrec...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Geopolitics at Stake in US Response to China’s Digital Yuan: Report
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China is leading the world in the development and piloting of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). With that lead comes increased scrutiny and concerns over the downstream ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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U.K. Watchdog Bans Sale of Cryptocurrency Derivatives to Individual Investors
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The U.K.’s financial watchdog said it will ban the sale of derivatives linked to cryptocurrencies to retail consumers. The ban aims to protect small-time investors from large ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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How U.S. Adversaries Are Using Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions
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Before his arrest, Virgil Griffith had a reputation as a “cult hacker,” a “tech-world enfant terrible.” A 2008 profile in The New York Times Magazine, published when he was 25...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Why Hackers Use Bitcoin and Why It Is So Difficult to Trace
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By now you have probably heard of bitcoin, even if you haven’t used it yourself. Launched 11 years ago, bitcoin is a digital currency that operates independently of third-part...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Justice Gets 15 Guilty Pleas for International Crime Ring that Laundered Money Through Cryptocurrency Exchanges
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Fifteen people entered guilty pleas for involvement in an international scam that posted fraudulent auctions online and laundered money through cryptocurrency exchanges, accor...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Iran to fund cyber attacks with cryptocurrency
IRAN’S cyberspies will use cryptocurrency to fund information warfare against the West, warns an ex-CIA officer. US cryptocurrency expert Yaya Fanusie says that it is likely T...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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ISIS Is Experimenting with This New Blockchain Messaging App
The Islamic State has discovered blockchain. The technology that powers cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum promises to revolutionize almost all facets of society, fro...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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The Shady Cryptocurrency Boom on the Post-Soviet Frontier
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At the edge of a lake on a fault line of the new Cold War stands a building that, depending on how you look at it, is either a relic of a failed revolution or the beating hear...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
