North Korean Hackers Launder $1.5 Billion Largest Crypto Heist In History
If you want to launder $1 billion in cryptocurrencies, consult a North Korean hacker.
Bitcoin
Profit of Hate: How Domestic Extremists Are Embracing Cryptocurrency
Enticed by the relative anonymity of cryptocurrency and the need to circumvent a denial of service, domestic extremists have been able to raise millions.
Op-eds
It’s Time to Stop Giving Crypto Companies a Pass
The young industry is pushing back on attempts at regulation, but it’s undeniable that crypto is used for sanctions evasion and illicit activity.
Op-eds
Cryptocurrency Is a Cash Cow for Far-Right Extremists
As the Freedom Convoy protests enter their fourth week, the Canadian government is targeting protestors’ ability to fundraise, including via cryptocurrency. It’s time for Washington to do the same for domestic extremists.
Op-eds
Cryptocurrency intended for Hamas seized by Israel
On July 7, Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz signed an administrative seizure order for the cryptocurrency wallets and addresses used by Hamas to funnel funds to the militant group. “Pursuant to my...
Op-eds
Jihadists Upping Their Bitcoin Game
Bitcoin may have lost its luster for many speculators chasing skyrocketing prices before ...
Op-eds
The Crypto Space Is A Void
Blockchain hype is dead. And may it rest in peace. For the past few years, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology—which many enthusiasts refer to affectionately...
Op-eds
Treasury Designates Iran-based Digital Currency Exchangers Involved in Ransomware Scheme
On Wednesday, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against two Iran-based individual...
Policy Briefs
FATF Moves to Apply Regulatory Standards to Cryptocurrencies
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday announced that its international stand...
Policy Briefs
Seeking Sanctions Resistance Through Blockchain Technology
Policy experts can argue about the appropriateness of various sanctions policies. Some voice concerns that the U.S. ...
Op-eds
U.S. Presses Criminal Charges and Sanctions against North Korean Cyber Operative
Yesterday, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned North Korean computer programmer Park Jin Hyok for malicious state-sponsored c...
Policy Briefs
Blockchain Authoritarianism
The Regime In Iran Goes Crypto
Op-eds
The Russian DNC hack shows the US needs to get smart on crypto
If the United States is going to stop Russia from hacking its next election, law enforcement and the intelligence c...
Op-eds
Good Crypto, Bad Crypto
Blockchain Projects Gaining Legitimacy While Spawning An Underground
Op-eds
To Evade U.S. Sanctions, Venezuela Launches the World’s First National Cryptocurrency
This week, the Venezuelan government started sel...
Policy Briefs
New Study Finds Patterns in Money Laundering through Bitcoin
Washington, D.C., January 12, 2018 – Bitcoin gambling sites, “mixers” and European Bitcoin exchange may be the destinations of choice for criminals looking to launder bitcoins, according to a ...
Press Releases
Bitcoin Laundering
An Analysis of Illicit Flows into Digital Currency Services
Memos
Expelling Digital Demons from U.S. Sensitive Supply Chains
Co-authored by Michael Hsieh. If the U.S. Department of Defense were an economy unto itself, it would be the 20th largest in the world. Like any other advanced modern econo...
Op-eds
Military, intelligence agencies alarmed by surge in bitcoin value in ‘dark web’ fight
The value of the shadowy digital currency known as bitcoin has jumped to record highs this month, sending shock waves through America’s defense and intelligence agencies, which fear its gro...
Op-eds
Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in Remittances and Money Transfers
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