Vice: The CIA Is Deep Into Cryptocurrency, Director Reveals
CIA Director William Burns said the agency has "a number of different projects focused on cryptocurrency" on the go.
There's a long-running conspiracy theory among a small number of cryptocurrency enthusiasts that Bitcoin's anonymous inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, was actually the CIA or another three-lettered agency.
That fringe theory is having a fresh day in the sun after CIA Director William Burns said on Monday that the intelligence agency has "a number of different projects focused on cryptocurrency" on the go. Burns made his comments at the tail end of a talk at the Wall Street Journal's CEO Summit.
After discussing everything from the possible Russian invasion of Ukraine to the challenges of space, someone in the audience asked if the agency is on top of cryptocurrencies, which are currently at the center of the ransomware epidemic that U.S. officials are attempting to get a handle on and stamp out. Here's what Burns said:
"This is something I inherited. My predecessor had started this, but had set in motion a number of different projects focused on cryptocurrency and trying to look at second- and third-order consequences as well and helping with our colleagues in other parts of the U.S. government to provide solid intelligence on what we're seeing as well."
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Update #1: The CIA confirms rumors that it's working on cryptocurrency projects (Insider)
Update #2: CIA director says agency currently has ‘a number of different projects’ focused on crypto (Coin Telegraph)
WNU Editor: Would love to know what those "different projects" are. I suspect that they want to track where the money is going.
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