Can We Protect National Security if Virtual Currency Use Expands?

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode are: Yaya Fanusie’s Testimony to the House Armed Services Committee “Survey of Terrorist Groups and Their Means of Financing” https://financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/09.07.2018_yaya_fanusie_testimony.pdf Cryptocurrency guidance and frameworks from FinCen – https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/2019-05/FinCEN%20Guidance%20CVC%20FINAL%20508.pdf CFTC - https://www.cftc.gov/Bitcoin/index.htm CFPB - https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/201408_cfpb_consumer-advisory_virtual-currencies.pdf SEC - https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/statement-framework-investment-contract-analysis-digital-assets IRS - https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/virtual-currencies Inca Digital Securities https://www.incas.ec/ Yaya Fanusie in Forbes “Stronger AML Enforcement Might Actually Save Crypto” https://www.forbes.com/sites/yayafanusie/2019/05/29/stronger-aml-enforcement-might-actually-save-crypto/#3fff011c7e78 Liberty Reserve cryptocurrency money laundering indictment https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/founder-liberty-reserve-pleads-guilty-laundering-more-250-million-through-his-digital Indictment for providing cryptocurrency “shadow banking services” https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/arizona-man-and-israeli-woman-charged-connection-providing-shadow-banking-services Yaya Fanusie is a Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies https://www.fdd.org/team/yaya-j-fanusie/ Michael Sachs is the Executive Assistant District Attorney and Chief of the Investigation Division for the New York County District Attorney’s Office https://www.manhattanda.org/about-the-office/executive-team/ Adam Zarazinski is the CEO of Inca Digital Securities https://www.incas.ec/about/