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The Role of Cryptocurrency in Terrorist Financing
This chapter discusses the use of cryptocurrencies by terrorist organizations like Hamas, exploring the challenges faced by Israel in tracking and seizing their funds. It highlights the limitations and risks of using cryptocurrency for raising funds, while also debunking misconceptions about its effectiveness for terrorist financing.
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, the gang sits down with guest Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures, whose tweet thread pushed the Wall Street Journal to correct its story that Hamas had raised tens of millions in crypto. Carter discusses the challenges in tracking how much crypto Hamas has actually received, the declining prospects for Sam Bankman-Fried’s acquittal, and ongoing dramas surrounding staking protocol Lido and decentralized exchange dYdX.
Show highlights:
Previous coverage by Unchained on the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried:
Hamas
Layer Zero/Lido
dYdX
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