🔗 Crypto. Crime and Russia
Russia recruited a teenage spy. His arrest led to a crypto money trail
At a time when Europe is in a heightened state of alarm over what security agencies across the continent call Russia’s “hybrid war” of sabotage and espionage, Reuters found an emerging trend: Moscow is increasingly recruiting teenagers and complete novices.
This is a very good read on one case, but I am still struck by something else. People make money betting on Bitcoin, but the only mainstream use of Bitcoin is crime.