Making sense of the alarming “Terrorists are Using Crypto” headlines
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The mainstream media – spurred on by doom-monger remarks by western policymakers – continue to issue warnings that international terrorist groups are dipping into the cryptocurrency pool to finance operations and deadly attacks. Most recently, Svetlana Marynova – the United Nations Countering Financing of Terrorism Coordinator – reignited such concern during a speech at the UN’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) “special meeting” in India, indicating that terror outfits isolated from the “formal financial system” were turning to “new and emerging technologies” to “create opportunities for abuse.”
Making sense of the alarming “Terrorists are Using Crypto” headlines
Making sense of the alarming “Terrorists are…
Making sense of the alarming “Terrorists are Using Crypto” headlines
The mainstream media – spurred on by doom-monger remarks by western policymakers – continue to issue warnings that international terrorist groups are dipping into the cryptocurrency pool to finance operations and deadly attacks. Most recently, Svetlana Marynova – the United Nations Countering Financing of Terrorism Coordinator – reignited such concern during a speech at the UN’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) “special meeting” in India, indicating that terror outfits isolated from the “formal financial system” were turning to “new and emerging technologies” to “create opportunities for abuse.”