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On the recordJuly 26, 2021
I am very concerned about the increasing attractiveness of cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies for illicit actors, such as foreign terrorist organizations, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and ISIS, and others, and those who wish to avoid American sanctions, such as Iran and Venezuela, and domestic White supremacists, including the Proud Boys and other violent extremist groups, which were involved in the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
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Josh Gottheimer
Democratic · New Jersey

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Gottheimer expresses concern about cryptocurrency's appeal to terrorist organizations and extremist groups.

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