The fact that the CIA is deep into cryptocurrencies is of no surprise to anyone, I would think. Crypto, especially privacy coins like Monero can easily be used to buy weapons, mercenaries and fuel coups. But I am *sure* the CIA is "officially" worried about terrorists using crypto to finance their terror attacks. It would not surprise me if the ones behind Bitcoin were actually the CIA because they needed a new way to secretly topple governments without many people noticing a paper trail.
But everyone knows what they are up to, with or without crypto.
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I'm not totally surprised, part of war games strategy is to explore viable threats to USA via economic tactics to undermine a country. Surely crypto is large enough to be part of currency flow and the ability to transact with entities across borders. North Korea frequently fraudulently produces currency of other nations as part of its renegade state activities to self finance itself by any means available to them, they also involved in crypto use in various nefarious schemes I think and so to CIA is part of the counter to that I would guess.
This is exactly that scenario. They wouldn't want crypto to dominate over fiat, but in case if that ever happens, or in case another country uses it well enough, they need to be ready for it and can't just ignore it completely. I keep saying that China keeps on banning it all the time but they probably buy it lower after saying they banned it, I have seen them banning it 10 times already.So, nations could be against it or support it but they are definitely doing something to be ready in case whatever happens. Those bad nations like NK would be taking advantage of this situation without a doubt, that is just how it is right now in the politics. So, I agree that it is very normal for CIA to be involved with it, probably FBI is even bigger involved considering the arrests.
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Finally a serious remark from a credible source on the topic of whether intelligence agencies like the CIA are involved in cryptocurrencies.
I doubt they were involved with the initial development or deployment of bitcoin. It took many years for regulators and establishment personnel to take cryptocurrencies seriously. It seems they have finally decided to get serious. As is witnessed with crypto regulation being passed in recent US infrastructure bills.
Would anyone care to take a guess as to which recent cryptocurrency projects the CIA might be involved with.
Finally a serious remark from a credible source on the topic of whether intelligence agencies like the CIA are involved in cryptocurrencies.
I doubt they were involved with the initial development or deployment of bitcoin. It took many years for regulators and establishment personnel to take cryptocurrencies seriously. It seems they have finally decided to get serious. As is witnessed with crypto regulation being passed in recent US infrastructure bills.
Would anyone care to take a guess as to which recent cryptocurrency projects the CIA might be involved with.
It's likely just some sort of mapping system, much like they can map a web of phone calls, they'll have developed software that maps out payments that could be involved in particular activities - e.g. darkweb drug purchases and where the money originates or gets cashed out. Those are rather easy targets and many people are unlikely to understand that they can be traced when Bitcoin and anonymity are regularly touted. They'll basically be looking to trace criminal connected money and there is enough to keep busy - terrorists financing, ransomware attacks, etc. In some ways Bitcoin makes it easier to trace money than following bank transactions which may end up at dead ends.
I'm not totally surprised, part of war games strategy is to explore viable threats to USA via economic tactics to undermine a country. Surely crypto is large enough to be part of currency flow and the ability to transact with entities across borders. North Korea frequently fraudulently produces currency of other nations as part of its renegade state activities to self finance itself by any means available to them, they also involved in crypto use in various nefarious schemes I think and so to CIA is part of the counter to that I would guess.
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I would not expect anything less from the CIA, they are after anything that does not look controllable and frankly, is probably being used worldwide to move funds around without raising suspicions. I would say that bitcoin is not precisely the most anonymous stuff out there. Monero kind of does the trick, other such as grin or perhaps some others that I am not aware of 
may be even better.
There may be also a possibility of the CIA paying informants as well with crypto.
Monero would be the least thing that would come to their mind. I know that Monero and some other altcoins are believed to be more anonymous than bitcoin, but the question is who even makes use of these coins? Nobody cares about these coins and you wouldn’t even see anyone using them to send and accept transactions. The only coin that is being widely accepted around the world is bitcoin. may be even better.There may be also a possibility of the CIA paying informants as well with crypto.
There are many people who are making use of bitcoin and there are also many stores where it is being accepted. If there is any cryptocurrency that would likely draw their attention, it is bitcoin and not Monero. Another on would be ETH.
Yeah, Bitcoin is the widely used Cryptocurrency but that doesn't mean there's no one that's interested in making use of privacy coin like Monero, Grin, Crypton, etc.
Privacy coin or not, the CIA will always pay attention to every decentralized crypto but it is hard to know which crypto they focus on recently if they have made a public announcement about it.
I would not expect anything less from the CIA, they are after anything that does not look controllable and frankly, is probably being used worldwide to move funds around without raising suspicions. I would say that bitcoin is not precisely the most anonymous stuff out there. Monero kind of does the trick, other such as grin or perhaps some others that I am not aware of may be even better.
There may be also a possibility of the CIA paying informants as well with crypto.
Monero would be the least thing that would come to their mind. I know that Monero and some other altcoins are believed to be more anonymous than bitcoin, but the question is who even makes use of these coins? Nobody cares about these coins and you wouldn’t even see anyone using them to send and accept transactions. The only coin that is being widely accepted around the world is bitcoin. may be even better.There may be also a possibility of the CIA paying informants as well with crypto.
There are many people who are making use of bitcoin and there are also many stores where it is being accepted. If there is any cryptocurrency that would likely draw their attention, it is bitcoin and not Monero. Another on would be ETH.
If they used crypto and coinbase, they would be out in a second because of KYC, this is why they use things that could hide their income. They could still cash that out and say that they invested to make a profit and they did and they made profit, but at least they would be hiding where it came from and that is how they make a profit from doing something bad and hiding it from the government.
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I do believe that they are working with Cryptographers and Blockchain forensic companies to gather information about criminal activities that are being done with Crypto currencies and also to follow money that was used in criminal activities.
The CIA have their own analytic team and products which are not available elsewhere and they always hire the best in countering all the activities and there is no doubt they are well equipped in monitoring each and every transaction and they might be responsible for busting criminal activities that we hear in the news every now and then. The front action might be taken by the FBI but all the data analysis and monitoring and sharing of information will be done by the CIA.I do believe that they are working with Cryptographers and Blockchain forensic companies to gather information about criminal activities that are being done with Crypto currencies and also to follow money that was used in criminal activities.
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Whenever what government agency they belong as long there would be things that interest out then theyll surely be engaging and accumulating informations
in regarding into it.Nothing surprising considering that they've been dealing with a decentralized one and we know on how
people would use it negatively.
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I do believe that they are working with Cryptographers and Blockchain forensic companies to gather information about criminal activities that are being done with Crypto currencies and also to follow money that was used in criminal activities.
The CIA have their own analytic team and products which are not available elsewhere and they always hire the best in countering all the activities and there is no doubt they are well equipped in monitoring each and every transaction and they might be responsible for busting criminal activities that we hear in the news every now and then. The front action might be taken by the FBI but all the data analysis and monitoring and sharing of information will be done by the CIA. I do believe that they are working with Cryptographers and Blockchain forensic companies to gather information about criminal activities that are being done with Crypto currencies and also to follow money that was used in criminal activities.
This isn't really surprising considering the fact that popular cryptocurrencies like BTC, ETH, LTC, Ripple, Tether etc are basically goldmines and dealing with them helps improve their financial prospects.
I feel that they trade less popular cryptocurrencies in order to stay under the radar. Some of them are probably crypto millionaires currently thanks to investing in certain crypto projects during their initial stages.
I don't think they helped develop any crypto technology though and are just interested in dealing with some of the assets themselves.
I feel that they trade less popular cryptocurrencies in order to stay under the radar. Some of them are probably crypto millionaires currently thanks to investing in certain crypto projects during their initial stages.
I don't think they helped develop any crypto technology though and are just interested in dealing with some of the assets themselves.
Well, I seriously doubt that the CIA has anything to do with the development of Bitcoin... Why would they approach Gavin Andresen back in the day to find out more about Bitcoin.. if they invented it. 
I do believe that they are working with Cryptographers and Blockchain forensic companies to gather information about criminal activities that are being done with Crypto currencies and also to follow money that was used in criminal activities.
I do believe that they are working with Cryptographers and Blockchain forensic companies to gather information about criminal activities that are being done with Crypto currencies and also to follow money that was used in criminal activities.
I would not expect anything less from the CIA, they are after anything that does not look controllable and frankly, is probably being used worldwide to move funds around without raising suspicions. I would say that bitcoin is not precisely the most anonymous stuff out there. Monero kind of does the trick, other such as grin or perhaps some others that I am not aware of may be even better.
There may be also a possibility of the CIA paying informants as well with crypto.
Monero would be the least thing that would come to their mind. I know that Monero and some other altcoins are believed to be more anonymous than bitcoin, but the question is who even makes use of these coins? Nobody cares about these coins and you wouldn’t even see anyone using them to send and accept transactions. The only coin that is being widely accepted around the world is bitcoin. may be even better.There may be also a possibility of the CIA paying informants as well with crypto.
There are many people who are making use of bitcoin and there are also many stores where it is being accepted. If there is any cryptocurrency that would likely draw their attention, it is bitcoin and not Monero. Another on would be ETH.
I would not expect anything less from the CIA, they are after anything that does not look controllable and frankly, is probably being used worldwide to move funds around without raising suspicions. I would say that bitcoin is not precisely the most anonymous stuff out there. Monero kind of does the trick, other such as grin or perhaps some others that I am not aware of may be even better.
There may be also a possibility of the CIA paying informants as well with crypto.
may be even better.There may be also a possibility of the CIA paying informants as well with crypto.
I also saw CIA director William Burns talking about CIA involvement in various project focused on crypto currencies. The main focuses is to give us government what is happening in the crypto industry. Recently there are a lot of criminal activity by using ransomware and criminals demands payments by crypto currencies like monero. So they are trying to find out how these criminals using those network to moving these funds.
Here they go claiming anything that is good and dumping everything that is trash. They even said they created a lot of cryptocurrencies and I bet those are stablecoins that having been popping out like mushrooms trying to confuse people of where their money should go.
But I highly doubt they are the ones behind Bitcoin or Satoshi is in their midst. This is all just something to shake things up although I doubt it still work nowadays. Human eyes are already opened because of the internet and they will go deep just to get the facts and not rely on what the government said.
High possibility that it's really the case for them, pretty sure that they want to try their hands on market manipulations, given that countries are trying their hands on cryptocurrencies, CIA will try their best to get into that too, we all know how the war is conducted in this day and age, with manipulation and deceit. They're unlikely the people behind bitcoin, you would hate CIA or any government agencies if you're going to create something that bypasses the current authority in some way.But I highly doubt they are the ones behind Bitcoin or Satoshi is in their midst. This is all just something to shake things up although I doubt it still work nowadays. Human eyes are already opened because of the internet and they will go deep just to get the facts and not rely on what the government said.
Here they go claiming anything that is good and dumping everything that is trash. They even said they created a lot of cryptocurrencies and I bet those are stablecoins that having been popping out like mushrooms trying to confuse people of where their money should go.
But I highly doubt they are the ones behind Bitcoin or Satoshi is in their midst. This is all just something to shake things up although I doubt it still work nowadays. Human eyes are already opened because of the internet and they will go deep just to get the facts and not rely on what the government said.
High possibility that it's really the case for them, pretty sure that they want to try their hands on market manipulations, given that countries are trying their hands on cryptocurrencies, CIA will try their best to get into that too, we all know how the war is conducted in this day and age, with manipulation and deceit. They're unlikely the people behind bitcoin, you would hate CIA or any government agencies if you're going to create something that bypasses the current authority in some way. But I highly doubt they are the ones behind Bitcoin or Satoshi is in their midst. This is all just something to shake things up although I doubt it still work nowadays. Human eyes are already opened because of the internet and they will go deep just to get the facts and not rely on what the government said.
I don't think CIA is behind any popular crypto currencies. When they say they are deep into crypto currency it might refer to the fact they are closely watching it and developing new strategies to track and stop criminal activity dealing with crypto currencies, such as the ransomware attacks, used by hackers to invade and block victims' data and devices, asking for a payment in crypto currencies right after, in order to free the access to the compromised data.
It seems to be the main concern of CIA to fight this kind of wrongdoing, since ransomware attacks were heavily mentioned on the article in OP. All the rest looks conspiracy theories boosted by social influencers, because it generates engagement for them on twitter and youtube platforms.
Indeed, I completely agree with this point of view. By how quickly the cryptocurrency is developing and spreading around the world, the special services should have long understood that it poses an increased danger for them and the state as a whole. After all, the financial structure of global control over the finances of citizens by states, created over the centuries, is completely violated. But it has long been known that whoever owns finances owns real power. Therefore, the intelligence services of different countries are forced to deal with cryptocurrency in order to know how to deal with it in the future.It seems to be the main concern of CIA to fight this kind of wrongdoing, since ransomware attacks were heavily mentioned on the article in OP. All the rest looks conspiracy theories boosted by social influencers, because it generates engagement for them on twitter and youtube platforms.
Because so far everything they have tried has failed, some argue that quantum computers could be the answer for the government but there are already algorithms that could beat those computers, so I do not see how those agencies will be able to beat bitcoin regardless of the level of interest they have on it.
I don't think CIA is behind any popular crypto currencies. When they say they are deep into crypto currency it might refer to the fact they are closely watching it and developing new strategies to track and stop criminal activity dealing with crypto currencies, such as the ransomware attacks, used by hackers to invade and block victims' data and devices, asking for a payment in crypto currencies right after, in order to free the access to the compromised data.
It seems to be the main concern of CIA to fight this kind of wrongdoing, since ransomware attacks were heavily mentioned on the article in OP. All the rest looks conspiracy theories boosted by social influencers, because it generates engagement for them on twitter and youtube platforms.
Indeed, I completely agree with this point of view. By how quickly the cryptocurrency is developing and spreading around the world, the special services should have long understood that it poses an increased danger for them and the state as a whole. After all, the financial structure of global control over the finances of citizens by states, created over the centuries, is completely violated. But it has long been known that whoever owns finances owns real power. Therefore, the intelligence services of different countries are forced to deal with cryptocurrency in order to know how to deal with it in the future. It seems to be the main concern of CIA to fight this kind of wrongdoing, since ransomware attacks were heavily mentioned on the article in OP. All the rest looks conspiracy theories boosted by social influencers, because it generates engagement for them on twitter and youtube platforms.
Here they go claiming anything that is good and dumping everything that is trash. They even said they created a lot of cryptocurrencies and I bet those are stablecoins that having been popping out like mushrooms trying to confuse people of where their money should go.
But I highly doubt they are the ones behind Bitcoin or Satoshi is in their midst. This is all just something to shake things up although I doubt it still work nowadays. Human eyes are already opened because of the internet and they will go deep just to get the facts and not rely on what the government said.
But I highly doubt they are the ones behind Bitcoin or Satoshi is in their midst. This is all just something to shake things up although I doubt it still work nowadays. Human eyes are already opened because of the internet and they will go deep just to get the facts and not rely on what the government said.
This makes me wary of the services, coins, and platforms that I'm dealing with. It might be just me being paranoid of something that isn't happening, but we know how the CIA works. Personally, I'm not dealing huge amounts in cryptocurrencies, nor have I tried to dabble with any illegal activities in the past. But to think that someone knows whatever the hell you're doing with crypto, your deals, your trades, etc. is enough to give me the creeps.
It's possible that they are involved for years now, and it's only now that they disclosed it because they have already established their control on these projects.
It's possible that they are involved for years now, and it's only now that they disclosed it because they have already established their control on these projects.
Do you all recall what happened to the silk road bitcoin wallet owned by Ross Ulbricht?
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54833130
It was safe to say the US government and whatever 3 letter agencies (there's too many to count) are deeply involved, and have been for years. They're in the business of seizing Bitcoin, so who's to say they're not also monitoring transactions of individuals they're interested in? Perhaps monitoring ordinary citizens? I don't happen to believe the CIA are only interested in bitcoin related ransomware attacks -- they're interested in maintaining the solvency of USD, it's how they're funded.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54833130
It was safe to say the US government and whatever 3 letter agencies (there's too many to count) are deeply involved, and have been for years. They're in the business of seizing Bitcoin, so who's to say they're not also monitoring transactions of individuals they're interested in? Perhaps monitoring ordinary citizens? I don't happen to believe the CIA are only interested in bitcoin related ransomware attacks -- they're interested in maintaining the solvency of USD, it's how they're funded.
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