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Report: An Analysis of Bitcoin's Use in Illicit Finance

Report: An Analysis of Bitcoin's Use in Illicit Finance

As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies rise to record levels ahead of the direct offering of crypto exchange Coinbase, former Acting CIA Director [...] More

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The Bitcoin Experiment

The launch of Bitcoin futures trading is a good moment to consider the cyber and wider security issues raised by this and other cryptography-based [...] More

Why Virtual Currencies are a Potential Strategic Threat

In January, the Indonesian financial transactions agency claimed Bitcoin had been used by Islamic militants to fund terrorist activity there; last [...] More

Money-Laundering Laws Should Cover Virtual Currency Exchange Businesses

Continuing terror attacks around the world indicate law enforcement and intelligence agencies face difficulty in trying to identify and disrupt the [...] More
Terror Finance in the Age of Bitcoin

Terror Finance in the Age of Bitcoin

Terrorists’ tactics evolve with the times. Just as we have seen an adaption of terrorist methods for sowing fear and distrust, so, too, we have seen [...] More

Will A New Generation of Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin?

Discussion of malicious cyber activity has mainly focused on criminal activity and countries’ intelligence efforts. Entities other than national [...] More

The New Frontier in Terror Fundraising: Bitcoin

When I worked as a counterterrorism analyst for the CIA, I always looked out for signs of terrorist groups adapting their methods. Now, as someone [...] More