[ad_1] As public understanding of how digital assets work becomes more nuanced along with the mainstreaming of crypto, the language of Bitcoin’s (BTC) “anonymity” gradually becomes a thing of the past. High-profile law enforcement operations such as the one that recently led to the U.S. government seizing some $3.6 billion worth of crypto are particularly instrumental in driving home the idea that assets whose transaction history is recorded on an open, distributed ledger are better described as “pseudonymous,” and that such a design is not particularly favorable for those wishing…
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Reminder: Reject The Financial Action Task Force
[ad_1] The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1111: “Reminder: reject the Financial Action Task Force.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Look at this stock image looking mother fucker and then look yourself in the mirror and try to convince yourself that you honestly believe that he is the ultimate financial crime stopper. The lord and savior of those subjected to the ills of money laundering. Done laughing yet? This is Marcus Pleyer, the President of the Financial Action Task force – an unelected bureaucratic entity…
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