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Zeke Fox

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Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

Tether would say that this is like digital cash. And just like the U.S. Treasury can't control where every $100 bill goes, Tether can't control who uses its digital currency. reported at Bloomberg that his bank, Cantor Fitzgerald, owns a minority stake in Tether the company. Now, he said that were he to become commerce secretary, he would divest all his business interests.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

Tether would say that this is like digital cash. And just like the U.S. Treasury can't control where every $100 bill goes, Tether can't control who uses its digital currency. reported at Bloomberg that his bank, Cantor Fitzgerald, owns a minority stake in Tether the company. Now, he said that were he to become commerce secretary, he would divest all his business interests.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

Tether would say that this is like digital cash. And just like the U.S. Treasury can't control where every $100 bill goes, Tether can't control who uses its digital currency. reported at Bloomberg that his bank, Cantor Fitzgerald, owns a minority stake in Tether the company. Now, he said that were he to become commerce secretary, he would divest all his business interests.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

We'll see exactly what that means. But he's also said he would have nothing to do with any company that was engaged in illicit activity and that Tether cooperates with law enforcement when the they find bad guys using their payments network.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

We'll see exactly what that means. But he's also said he would have nothing to do with any company that was engaged in illicit activity and that Tether cooperates with law enforcement when the they find bad guys using their payments network.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

We'll see exactly what that means. But he's also said he would have nothing to do with any company that was engaged in illicit activity and that Tether cooperates with law enforcement when the they find bad guys using their payments network.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

So, if you have ever received one of those wrong number text messages that says, hey, Bill, like, how's it going? Did you pick up the cat food on your way home? That's an example of one of these scam messages. And the people who send them will try to win your trust, gain your friendship. Often they'll...

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

So, if you have ever received one of those wrong number text messages that says, hey, Bill, like, how's it going? Did you pick up the cat food on your way home? That's an example of one of these scam messages. And the people who send them will try to win your trust, gain your friendship. Often they'll...

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

So, if you have ever received one of those wrong number text messages that says, hey, Bill, like, how's it going? Did you pick up the cat food on your way home? That's an example of one of these scam messages. And the people who send them will try to win your trust, gain your friendship. Often they'll...

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

pretend to be an attractive person of the opposite sex, eventually they will invite you to invest in some sort of cryptocurrency trading opportunity. And in general, they will ask you to acquire some tether and to send it to their anonymous address identified by a 31-character string of letters and numbers. And once you send those tethers, that money is gone and you can't get it back.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

pretend to be an attractive person of the opposite sex, eventually they will invite you to invest in some sort of cryptocurrency trading opportunity. And in general, they will ask you to acquire some tether and to send it to their anonymous address identified by a 31-character string of letters and numbers. And once you send those tethers, that money is gone and you can't get it back.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

pretend to be an attractive person of the opposite sex, eventually they will invite you to invest in some sort of cryptocurrency trading opportunity. And in general, they will ask you to acquire some tether and to send it to their anonymous address identified by a 31-character string of letters and numbers. And once you send those tethers, that money is gone and you can't get it back.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

And there's not much for law enforcement to go on because there's no name or address associated with where you sent your cryptocurrency. And so I went over to... Cambodia to look into this. It's truly a horrible problem.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

And there's not much for law enforcement to go on because there's no name or address associated with where you sent your cryptocurrency. And so I went over to... Cambodia to look into this. It's truly a horrible problem.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

And there's not much for law enforcement to go on because there's no name or address associated with where you sent your cryptocurrency. And so I went over to... Cambodia to look into this. It's truly a horrible problem.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

There are these complexes where thousands of people are sending these scam messages, and many of them are themselves victims of human trafficking who've been lured to these compounds with the offer of a high-paying job in customer service. Once they get there, their passports are taken, and they're forced under the threat of

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

There are these complexes where thousands of people are sending these scam messages, and many of them are themselves victims of human trafficking who've been lured to these compounds with the offer of a high-paying job in customer service. Once they get there, their passports are taken, and they're forced under the threat of

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

There are these complexes where thousands of people are sending these scam messages, and many of them are themselves victims of human trafficking who've been lured to these compounds with the offer of a high-paying job in customer service. Once they get there, their passports are taken, and they're forced under the threat of

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

torture, or even worse, to try to perpetrate these scams on people around the world. And there's no reason to believe that the people who run Tether the company know any of these bad guys personally or do business with them personally, but they've created this means of exchange that allows somebody in Illinois to just zap $100,000 to someone who's actually a Chinese gangster in Cambodia.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

torture, or even worse, to try to perpetrate these scams on people around the world. And there's no reason to believe that the people who run Tether the company know any of these bad guys personally or do business with them personally, but they've created this means of exchange that allows somebody in Illinois to just zap $100,000 to someone who's actually a Chinese gangster in Cambodia.