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I've noticed a recent spate of crackdowns on "hustlers" in the Eastern European space. See the recent takedown of Andrew Tate in Romania, for example, and now this.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> A report by public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television earlier in the day claimed that the investigation was also looking into breaches of international sanctions imposed on Russia. There are a lot of Russians which use Bulgaria as an EU base. The infamous BTC-e exchange was also in Bulgaria and operated by Russians, and engaged in wide-scale money laundering.
In this case it's reportedly only Bulgarians: > Mileva said that the people under investigation were Bulgarian nationals and the company, which she repeatedly described as a “cryptobank”, was operating primarily from Bulgaria. However there are lots of very pro-Russia Bulgarians (hard to explain after everything that has happened, but still..), so your point generally stands.
Here is an excerpt from wiki which explains why some in Bulgaria are still "pro-russia":
"The Western European Enlightenment in the 18th century influenced the initiation of a national awakening of Bulgaria.[63] It restored national consciousness and provided an ideological basis for the liberation struggle, resulting in the 1876 April Uprising. Up to 30,000 Bulgarians were killed as Ottoman authorities put down the rebellion. The massacres prompted the Great Powers to take action.[73] They convened the Constantinople Conference in 1876, but their decisions were rejected by the Ottomans. This allowed the Russian Empire to seek a military solution without risking confrontation with other Great Powers, as had happened in the Crimean War.[73] In 1877, Russia declared war on the Ottomans and defeated them with the help of Bulgarian rebels, particularly during the crucial Battle of Shipka Pass which secured Russian control over the main road to Constantinople"
> She said that investigators had proof that a Nexo client, who used the company’s platform to transfer cryptocurrencies, was a person officially designated as financing terrorism, but gave no further details. All crypto is some form of crime, money laundering, evading sanctions, funding terrorism, or just a ponzi scheme, it's just different sides of the same thing. I wish this space would totally collapse. Maybe if…
> She said that investigators had proof that a Nexo client, who used the company’s platform to transfer cryptocurrencies, was a person officially designated as financing terrorism, but gave no further details. All crypto is some form of crime, money laundering, evading sanctions, funding terrorism, or just a ponzi scheme, it's just different sides of the same thing. I wish this space would totally collapse. Maybe if…
Most of current human suffering is still fiat.
Crypto is barely a blip in the grand scheme and I don't see how it differs from, say, gambling.
> She said that investigators had proof that a Nexo client, who used the company’s platform to transfer cryptocurrencies, was a person officially designated as financing terrorism, but gave no further details. All crypto is some form of crime, money laundering, evading sanctions, funding terrorism, or just a ponzi scheme, it's just different sides of the same thing. I wish this space would totally collapse. Maybe if…
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tell that to ukrainians being bombed with iranian Shaheds every day.
> She said that investigators had proof that a Nexo client, who used the company’s platform to transfer cryptocurrencies, was a person officially designated as financing terrorism, but gave no further details. All crypto is some form of crime, money laundering, evading sanctions, funding terrorism, or just a ponzi scheme, it's just different sides of the same thing. I wish this space would totally collapse. Maybe if…
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Not the parent, but given the alternatives of which I'm aware, I'm ok with this. It's going to be someone, the US is the least worst afaik. And this is still the case even though I disagree with a lot of stuff the US government and it's voters choose to do.
An ex-colleague of mine worked for OneCoin (another crypto scam originating from Bulgaria) when their offices got raided a few years ago. Now he’s an engineering manager at Nexo. I can see a pattern emerging in his career.
> She said that investigators had proof that a Nexo client, who used the company’s platform to transfer cryptocurrencies, was a person officially designated as financing terrorism, but gave no further details. All crypto is some form of crime, money laundering, evading sanctions, funding terrorism, or just a ponzi scheme, it's just different sides of the same thing. I wish this space would totally collapse. Maybe if…
An ex-colleague of mine worked for OneCoin (another crypto scam originating from Bulgaria) when their offices got raided a few years ago. Now he’s an engineering manager at Nexo. I can see a pattern emerging in his career.