Satoshi was right: North Korea is using Bitcoin to bypass US sanctions
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North Korea uses cryptocurrency to bypass US sanctions, according to independent financial analysts Lourdes Miranda and Ross Delston. Their words are quoted .
Miranda and Dalston experts on financial crimes by type of money laundering and the financing of terrorism. According to them, soon Pyongyang will release their own cryptocurrency, and yet uses the popular coins. The latter include Bitcoin and .
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Cryptocurrencies have the added benefit of DPRK — they allow you to circumvent sanctions imposed by the US. The government uses to sell their products several major cryptocurrency exchanges — with their help the officials out in the financial institutions that have correspondent accounts in the United States.
The Government of North Korea uses the so-called "mixer" — this method allows him to conduct operations, without leaving traces. It's about the same as that to exchange $ 100 for a certain amount in different currencies, analysts said.
The Country also earns a lot due to the sale of the mined cryptocurrency. Assessment of Priscilla Morrice, the former head of the security Department of the presidential administration of the USA, the amount can vary from 15 to 200 million dollars a year.
North Korea uses and other opportunities for obtaining cryptocurrency. For example, the government earns through hidden mining Monero and takes to himself the profit derived from the virus-the extortioner WannaCry.
Previously, the intention to create a national cryptocurrency said the government of Iran. While the government has very ambitious plans for the crypt. The economic crisis in the country has forced many citizens to buy Bitcoin and other coins. Over the past six months in Iran has experienced a record surge in the number of trading transactions with cryptocurrencies.
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