Here’s a clue: if you’re going to teach North Korea how to use cryptocurrency to evade sanctions, don’t post your visa on Twitter. Particularly if the U.S. State Department has warned you not to go.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifying before the U.S. Senate discussing Bitcoin on November 7, 2019 (screenshot via C-SPAN).FBI director passes on calling for cryptocurrency tracking law
Christopher Wray avoided Mitt Romney’s question about tracking Bitcoin, turning instead to the need for messaging service ‘back doors’
FBI Director Christopher Wray declined to swing at a gentle pitch over the plate for more regulation of cryptocurrency anonymity at a recent Senate Homeland Security hearing.
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Patrick Byrne overstocks on Russian agent, resigns
Overstock.com CEO bows out after placing himself at the center of a scandal involving a Russian agent and election interference
Take one sultry Russian agent, a middle-aged tech CEO nearly twice her age, and add in the FBI, Hillary Clinton, allegations of election interference, and vague comments about the “deep state” and “Men in Black,” and you’ve got the makings of Netflix’s next hot series. Or, the reason the CEO of Overstock.com resigned on August 22 from the dot-com company he built into a major online retailer.
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TFW the company you're doing business with gets involved with human rights abusers (via Shutterstock).Coinbase parts ways with controversial Neutrino founders
The blockchain surveillance and compliance firm’s founders were part of the infamous spyware company Hacking Team
Less than two weeks after announcing its acquisition of blockchain surveillance and compliance firm Neutrino, leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has parted ways with the firm’s controversial founders.
