Bill Gates: Cryptocurrency “Has Caused Deaths in a Fairly Direct Way”

[kreslik.news]

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men, was live on Reddit yesterday, answering questions from an internet audience. His answer to the question “Whats your opinion on Crypto Currencies?[sic]“ has raised some eyebrows:

[i]“The main feature of crypto currencies is their anonymity. I don’t think this is a good thing. The Governments ability to find money laundering and tax evasion and terrorist funding is a good thing. Right now crypto currencies are used for buying fentanyl and other drugs so it is a rare technology that has caused deaths in a fairly direct way. I think ... (read more)