Founded in 2009, Bitcoin has become the virtual currency of choice for money launderers, criminals and terrorist organisations. But now, a new group might be trying to cash in. Last week, a cryptocurrency compliance startup Chainalysis said payments in Bitcoin worth more than $500,000 were transferred to American far-right groups in December, just a month before the attack on Capitol Hill by Trump supporters. Is the digital currency financing hate groups in the US?
Is Bitcoin the Currency of America’s Alt-right?
