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Did Satoshi run a drug cartel? The Paul Le Roux Story (Feat. Evan Ratliff)

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Paul LaRue and Bitcoin - The Less Extreme Version

Paul LaRue recognized regulatory arbitrage and the existence of these varied extradition treaties as a way to run these types of businesses. And so we saw Paul LaRue operating out of the Philippines in Somalia and we see that now with cryptocurrency companies operating out of Malta and previously China. The less extreme version is sort of setting up your operation in a place where the legal system is never going to be able to handle some kind of like cryptocurrency dispute. So you know, unlike in the US, like you're operating like in a little more of a protected environment. For most recent work persona of this podcast about Gilbert Chikle, there's so many ties to what we regularly cover here on

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