US State Department Offers to Pay for Cybercrime Tips With Crypto

Name: US State Department Offers to Pay for Cybercrime Tips With Crypto
Uploaded: 2021-07-16T18:43:20Z
Duration: 4 min 255 s
Description: CoinDesk’s Nihilesh De reacts to the U.S. State Department offering to pay up to $10 million in crypto for tips on cybercrime, including ransomware. “[This] is actually a first for the federal government,” De said, noting the State Department has never provided crypto as a reward. Plus, Binance halting the trading of their stock tokens.

Jul 16, 2021

CoinDesk’s Nihilesh De reacts to the U.S. State Department offering to pay up to $10 million in crypto for tips on cybercrime, including ransomware.

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