The Justice Department announced the disruption of an ongoing terrorist financing scheme through the seizure of approximately $201,400 in cryptocurrency held in wallets and accounts intended to benefit Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (Hamas).| www.justice.gov
How Brock Pierce ended up as a Jeffrey Epstein guest along with a NASA computer engineer, an MIT professor of electrical engineering and a Nobel laureate in theoretical physics is bizarre tale involving Steve Bannon and an international man of mystery who may or may not be dead.| The Hollywood Reporter
The seized funds represent just a portion of the more than $1.5 million in donations that the DOJ alleges flowed through the accounts.| CoinDesk
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic found that the online organization raised a mere $21,000 in crypto for Hamas since the October 7th attacks.| CoinDesk
Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo wrote a letter to lawmakers discussing the extent to which Hamas may be using crypto.| CoinDesk
Just after Hamas' terrorist attacks in Israel last year, crypto took blame for helping fund such brutal killing. While the prominent media reports were later bashed by cryptocurrency experts, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's top official on terrorism financing confirmed to lawmakers on Wednesday the situation was blown out of proportion.| CoinDesk
The crypto exchange Bullish purchased CoinDesk in late 2023 for close to $75 million.| Yahoo Finance
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) questioned U.S. Department of Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Brian Nelson during a House Financial Services Committee hearing providing oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.| Congressman Tom Emmer
A Bitcoin crowdfunding platform where creators raise funds for causes, sell products, manage campaigns, and engage with their community.| geyser.fund