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Transaction impossible to forge. each transaction is verified and recorded by other bitcoin users in a kind of digital ledger called a block chain. how they do it is not really important for the purposes of this story, but the fact that digital currency allows for annan nimity is super important. why, you ask? well, guess who suddenly really interested in crypto currency? guess who suddenly appears to be interested in creating a russian version of crypto currency similar to bitcoin? i ll give you one guess. his name rhymes with had a beer gluten. joining us now is mark c. johnson, a former cia officer and a contributor to the daily beast. he wrote an eye catching story this weekend called why is the kremlin suddenly obsessed with crypto currencies. mark, thanks for being here. why is the kremlin so interested in crypto currencies? i think there s a lot of reasons why the russians would be interested in crip to ....
Johnson, a former cia officer and a contributor to the daily beast. he wrote an eye catching story this weekend called why is the kremlin suddenly obsessed with crypto currencies. mark, thanks for being here. why is the kremlin so interested in crypto currencies? i think there s a lot of reasons why the russians would be interested in crypto currencies. there are plenty of very legitimate uses for them, and the banking industry in the united states and elsewhere is exhibiting a lot of interest in it. but the point i make in the piece is that the sanctions that have been put on the russians are getting more stiff by the day, and that causes them to, you know, look for other ways of getting money out of the country. and the sanctions that the congress just put in place, i think, are going to make it even harder for the russians to move money. so they re looking for other alternatives. now, there was a time when the russian government, when the kremlin was very opposed to these kind ....
This guy there s a parliamentarian who said he s interested in not bitcoin specifically but other types of crypto currencies, and he thought that they were actually away they could get around sanctions. he actually told this to a conference. but the key point was who this guy is. he s one of the two guys that they believe is responsible for the death of a russian spy with poisoning in london. so that really got my attention. your story has certainly gotten our attention. mark c. johnson, thank you so much for walking us through all of that. thanks for having me, joy. two things to keep an eye on this week. one, rachel will be back here tomorrow night. those of you who just tweeted me, that is the answer to your question. two, well, for that, you re going to have to stick around. we ll be right back. happy anniversary dinnedarlin ....