Since cryptocurrencies are generally anonymous and able to operate across jurisdictions, they provide an unique opportunity for terrorists to hide their financing methods from both government agencies and law enforcement. 

Financing of terrorism with cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency networks have seen the advent of applications that promote mining through public blockchains, which can prove exclusionary when comparing larger miners with smaller miners.

Antitrust concerns towards mining

- Financing of terrorism
- Antitrust concerns towards mining

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Currencies build on a blockchain i.e., Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc. They can serve numerous purposes, including stores of value, hosts for dApps and more.

Cryptocurrencies

Wolf, Siegfried O. (2021). Terrorism financing: Crypto-Taliban? South Asia Democratic Forum. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3941105

Terrorism financing: Crypto-Taliban? 

- Bitcoin (BTC)
- Ethereum (ETH)
- Tether (USDT)
- Cardano (ADA)
- Binance Coin (BNB)
- XRP (XRP)
- Solana (SOL)
- USD Coin (USDC)
- Polkadot (DOT)
- Dogecoin (DOGE)
- Loki (LOKI)

List of cryptocurrencies

Concerns involving cryptocurrencies

- France's Action Plan for Business Growth and Transformation (PACTE)
- Accounting and tax treatment of cryptocurrencies

Regulation of cryptocurrencies

Stablecoins are a digital currency linked to a fiat currency, usually the US dollar. Due to this stable linkage they don't hold with them the massive amounts of volatility that is so common among other cryptocurrencies.

Stablecoins

Consensus mechanisms are protocols used in cryptocurrencies to validate transactions and maintain the integrity of the blockchain without a central authority. Common mechanisms include Proof of Work (PoW), Proof of Stake (PoS), and Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS), each with varying energy efficiency, scalability, and security trade-offs.

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