Crypto’s Dark Side: U.S. Man Slams 30-Year Sentence for ISIS Funding Via Bitcoin
Another case of crypto’s double-edged sword—anonymous transactions cut both ways. This time, the DOJ nails a financier exploiting Bitcoin’s pseudonymity to fuel extremism.
Blockchain transparency? Not when wallets operate like Swiss bank accounts for bad actors. The sentence sends a message, but the irony’s thick: the same tech Wall Street’s dumping billions into just funded terrorism.
Regulators sharpen knives while libertarian maxis scream ’censorship!’ Meanwhile, the real question lingers: When will exchanges stop pretending KYC is someone else’s problem?