{"id":408876,"date":"2022-02-23T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T09:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/crypto-is-not-criminal-us-secret-service-launches-crypto-awareness-hub\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T12:36:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T09:36:09","slug":"crypto-is-not-criminal-us-secret-service-launches-crypto-awareness-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/crypto-is-not-criminal-us-secret-service-launches-crypto-awareness-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"# Crypto is not criminal: US Secret Service launches &#8216;crypto awareness hub&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Crypto is not criminal: US Secret Service launches &#8216;crypto awareness hub&#8217; <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDIvY2I0MjViZjMtMGQwYy00YTE5LWE5NWMtYjk1N2QwN2EzODUyLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-128018ef>The tide is turning on the way in which law enforcers discuss cryptocurrencies and treat crypto users. The United States Secret Service has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.secretservice.gov\/newsroom\/releases\/2022\/02\/us-secret-service-launches-cryptocurrency-awareness-hub\">launched<\/a> a cryptocurrency awareness hub featuring a cheesy public service announcement video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The educational tool seeks to combat the \u201cillicit use of digital assets as well as provide public awareness information on digital asset security and how to ensure it remains secure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video here: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Secret Service: Safeguarding the next generation currency\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H_B3xLXhXy8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;Secret Service: Safeguarding the next generation currency&#8221;, Source: U.S. Secret Service <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption>U.S. Secret Service Office of Investigations Assistant Director Jeremy Sheridan said that the hub focuses on &#8220;investigating financial crimes.&#8221; It aims to &#8220;identify, arrest, and prosecute those engaging in crimes involving digital assets.&#8221; Nonetheless, it&#8217;s critical to note that the language and tone used regarding cryptocurrency are positive. <\/p>\n<p>The launch website concedes that \u201cdigital and cryptocurrencies continue to become more popular forms of payments,\u201d hence the need for the Secret Service to be at the top of its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The launch of the cryptocurrency awareness hub comes two years after the Secret Service founded the Finance-Related Cybercrime Task Force. The first iteration of cryptocurrency-related activities merely showed concern for the ways in which cryptocurrencies could be used to make illegal online transactions. <\/p>\n<p>In what could be a small win for the cryptocurrency community, the industry may finally be shedding its reputation as being a haven for cybercrime and illicit activity. Cryptocurrency used to be reserved for Silk Road criminals and drug users.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u><em>Related:\u00a04% of crypto whales are criminals, and they hold $25B among them: Chainalysis<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, in 2022, the Secret Service admits that:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cInvestments and transactions using cryptocurrencies and digital assets are not inherently criminal.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Broadly speaking, using cryptocurrencies on a transparent, backdating blockchain makes little sense for illicit financial activity due to the way in which blockchains can be easily monitored and tracked. The Netflix-worthy Bitfinex story involving unlikely criminals made this point very clear: it is very hard to launder money using blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, if people want to get paid to do bad things, it\u2019s still best to take the money in cash. <\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"law_decoded\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The United States Secret Service has launched a cryptocurrency awareness hub featuring a cheesy public service announcement video.\u00a0 The educational tool seeks to combat the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":408877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDIvY2I0MjViZjMtMGQwYy00YTE5LWE5NWMtYjk1N2QwN2EzODUyLmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74867,74894,76978,79786,120470,76695,74355,117,70375,70934,71591],"class_list":["post-408876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-altcoin","tag-blockchain","tag-cybercrime","tag-digital-asset","tag-digital-asset-holdings","tag-u-s","tag-adoption","tag-business","tag-cybersecurity","tag-regulation","tag-secret-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}