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Ryan Sean Adams

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

Okay, so a few other things.

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

I wanted another way to ask the question David was asking is like, is $6 billion a lot of money for North Korea?

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

Okay, okay, that's what I thought.

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

So this is a major funder of their weapons program then.

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

So they're not stopping anytime soon.

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

Oh my God, very bullish, yeah.

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

Okay, so what does national security...

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

at the US think about this.

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

So under a less crypto favorable administration, we used to hear murmurings that, you know, the White House, national security wanted to sort of shut DeFi down, shut crypto down, partially because of these types of hacks, right?

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

It's just like, look, if you guys can't secure your programs, your DeFi and your crypto assets,

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

Like, this is becoming a national security threat to the U.S., and, like, we might have to just come in and shut you down.

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

Like, I don't think I ever heard that kind of statement exactly, but you almost felt that sentiment or those rumors, possibly.

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

What about that is true, I guess?

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

What does national security think about the state of crypto right now?

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

Are they kind of pissed that this is happening?

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

I love that idea.

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

Even the idea of empowering the private sector is like, what is that, you know, commission bounty hunters or something?

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

Hell yeah.

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

I love that idea, actually.

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Why North Korea Is Winning Crypto Crime and How to Fight Back | Ari Redbord, TRM Labs

And in fact, maybe I'm most excited about that versus all of the other defense, you know, which we need to do.