{"id":389686,"date":"2019-07-12T20:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T20:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/?p=389686"},"modified":"2024-06-11T09:03:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:03:18","slug":"trump-blasts-bitcoin-for-illicit-use-as-ny-college-is-hit-with-2m-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/news\/trump-blasts-bitcoin-for-illicit-use-as-ny-college-is-hit-with-2m-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Blasts Bitcoin For Illicit Use As NY College Is Hit With $2M Ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, the TV personality, businessman, president of the \u201cfree world,\u201d Donald Trump took to twitter to blast Bitcoin<\/a>, Facebook\u2019s Libra, and the entire asset class of cryptocurrencies.<\/span><\/p>\n

The outspoken United States president said that the asset class is \u201chighly volatile,\u201d \u201cunregulated,\u201d \u201cbased on thin air,\u201d and \u201ccan facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activity.\u201d While Bitcoin is so many other things, not even 24 hours after the President\u2019s tweet, Bitcoin is being used at the center of a $2 million ransomware case involving a New York City college.<\/span><\/p>\n

NY College Hit With Ransomware Day After Trumps Tweets of Illicit Bitcoin Usage<\/h2>\n

Federal policy makers have a sore spot when it comes to cryptocurrencies like Facebook\u2019s Libra<\/a> and Bitcoin. They represent the biggest challenge against the government\u2019s stronghold over society afforded to them through their control of government-issued fiat currencies, such as the US dollar, Japanese yen, or the Swiss franc.<\/span><\/p>\n

Governments also fear the anarchy it can bring due to the layer of pseudo -anonymity it offers individuals. These same qualities make crypto like \u201ccatnip\u201d for cyber criminals<\/a> according to on Google security researcher.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related Reading | Google Security Expert: Crypto is Like Catnip for Cyber Criminals<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Criminals use Bitcoin<\/a> and other cryptocurrencies in an attempt to remain hidden digitally using the asset class, and is a vehicle for money laundering and other \u201cunlawful\u201d activities as Trump called it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air. Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activity….<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n