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Bitcoin Payments Sent To Right-Wing Activists, Trump Supporters A Month Before Capitol Riots
IBT ^ | 17 Jan 2021 | Danielle Ong

Posted on 01/17/2021 1:44:51 PM PST by blueplum

On Dec. 8, a French cryptocurrency account transferred 28.15 bitcoins, or more than $500,000, to 22 different virtual accounts belonging to prominent right-wing activists and Trump supporters, according to evidence found by researchers at the software company Chainalysis.

Right-wing organizations and personalities, including VDARE, the Daily Stormer and Nick Fuentes, received significant donations that researchers believe were meant to bolster their far-right causes.///

...Dozens of people who participated in the insurrection last week were on a terrorist watch list.

(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: altright; bitcoin; capitolriot; extremism; france
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notice how once again, "Trump supporters" are being lumped in with alt-right, separatist extremists
1 posted on 01/17/2021 1:44:51 PM PST by blueplum
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also,
https://news.bitcoin.com/french-programmer-sent-bitcoin-donations-to-far-right-activists-us-capitol-riots/#:~:text=According%20to%20Chainalysis,%20the%20unnamed%20donor%20sent%2028.15,personalities%20tied%20to%20far-right%20activists%20in%20the%20U.S.


2 posted on 01/17/2021 1:47:46 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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And notice - Bit coin is supposed to be anonymous.If it can be tracked, what good is it?


3 posted on 01/17/2021 1:48:12 PM PST by Fai Mao (Biden is a pedophile, Kamala is a s*ut.)
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Why even bother posting clearly fake news disinformation, propaganda and dirty tricks?


4 posted on 01/17/2021 1:48:49 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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"Dozens of people who participated in the insurrection last week were on a terrorist watch list."

Insurrection?? LOL!

Absolutely NO evidence or proof can be had that the scuffle/breach at the Capital building was an insurrection. And of course lump Trump supporters under the label. Very irresponsible and malicious labeling.

But these leftist rags still pull the 'Goebbels' stunt every time.
5 posted on 01/17/2021 1:52:51 PM PST by Bellagio
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Yup, but so what if the bitcoins were transferred.

If they were bought and someone wanted to cash them in, they have the right.

You can’t go punishing people for what you think they might do with something that you don’t approve of and that’s what the left is all about.


6 posted on 01/17/2021 1:53:39 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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98% of what you read on the internet is BS.


7 posted on 01/17/2021 1:54:07 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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Are they trying to say that transferring the Bitcoin was illegal or receiving it? Or is it just #orangemanbad?

So, people sent weird fake internet money to political groups they agree with. Okay. Not exactly horrifying stuff.


8 posted on 01/17/2021 1:54:09 PM PST by cdcdawg (Tailgunner Joe did nothing wrong. Until conservatives accept why he was demonized, we will not win. )
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...according to evidence found by researchers at the software company Chainalysis.

Maybe they can find out how Trump votes were swapped to Gropin' Joe.

9 posted on 01/17/2021 1:54:09 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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Funny how easy that was but impossible
to trace money to
blm/antifa groups!


10 posted on 01/17/2021 1:55:05 PM PST by pilgrim
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First rule in reading any quote from the media - if the words “anonymous sources”, or “someone within the party” or other vague source or no name means liar liar statement!

11 posted on 01/17/2021 1:55:10 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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They also collected paychecks.

THE HORROR!

12 posted on 01/17/2021 1:55:36 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Dear Clare, The awkward time is almost over. Love, Normal Americans)
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An itsy, bitzy fraction of the funds that were sent to BLM.


13 posted on 01/17/2021 1:56:47 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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While they are at it, maybe it would be a good idea to check out TWITTER CEO Jack Dorsey's other company SQUARE which is a crypto wallet enterprise.

Dorsey is currently in a conflict with Steve Mnuchen and FinCENN over Mnucins's proposed anti-moneylaundering "Know Your Costumer" regulations.

How many leftist organizations and politicians have received contributions from China to their crypto wallets in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies?

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3924016/posts

14 posted on 01/17/2021 1:58:20 PM PST by Sons of Union Vets (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory!)
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'VDARE, the Daily Stormer and Nick Fuentes'

Why would those guys help Trump? He hasn't done much for their causes at all.

15 posted on 01/17/2021 1:58:47 PM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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I posted two sources and I can’t change the headlines. I don’t like Trump supporters being lumped in with alt-right, but there’s some interesting info between the two articles.

I”m as interested as anyone else why alt-right groups would be accepting bitcoins from a foreign stranger. When did the FBI know about this? Who on the alt-right side contributed to disruption of an otherwise peaceful rally knowing it would be at the expense of President Trump? And why isn’t it wider knowledge that people on the terror watch list were ‘dozens’ of players at the Jan 6 protest?


16 posted on 01/17/2021 2:01:04 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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Agree. How many regular citizens even have a bitcoin? This article is BS.


17 posted on 01/17/2021 2:02:11 PM PST by Lumper20 (If one never served in war-He/she should never be a Gov. Department head.)
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"Why even bother posting clearly fake news disinformation, propaganda and dirty tricks?"

Please don't criticize the poster.

Take issue with the article all you want. I wouldn't know about this if it wasn't posted here.

18 posted on 01/17/2021 2:03:03 PM PST by blam
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I didn’t get anything.


19 posted on 01/17/2021 2:04:29 PM PST by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen )
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I don’t know what IBT is, but i looked at this article and another one on their site about Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani.

This is some sort of a lefty site. The 2nd article quotes a Marc Elias tweet and sez Trump stiffed Giuliani from being paid. Sez Trump did thatcto a lot of his workers.

Anyone have background on the site or reporters involved?


20 posted on 01/17/2021 2:05:07 PM PST by sauropod ("No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot." - Mark Twain)
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