The currency of the far-right: why neo-Nazis love bitcoin | Julia Ebner
For extremists, deregulated cryptocurrencies are a potent political statement as much as a means to fund their activities
by Julia Ebner
Jan 24, 2018
3 minutes
The bitcoin battle is about to go up to a new level: the G20. Last week France and Germany announced that they would propose, at the March summit, a concerted clampdown on the cryptocurrency that is dividing the world.
In the global dispute about the future of the digital currency experiment some unlikely coalitions have taken shape: who would have thought that bankers and would join forces one day? While the former seek to preserve the financial system, the latter want to protect the ecosystem. Even more obscure is the conglomerate of cryptocurrency enthusiasts fighting
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