Science & Technology Innovation Program - Black Swans and Green Fields: - Exploring the Threat and

The Silk Road marketplace, selling drugs and weapons and more on the dark web, helped to revolutionize all of this illicit use and propelled Bitcoin to be the lifeblood of the Dark Web. [...] As the largest economy and the leader of the Free World, the U. [...] The fall of the Soviet Union, Climate Change, the 1928 and 2008 economic crashes, and even the advent of the internet age all exhibited signals well in advance heralding those events. [...] The efficacy of the SAR reporting system, and massive APE is not going to the ability of institutions like the U. [...] With bad actors and adversaries gaining leverage quickly, Congress must be serious about the risks and opportunities of the APE, in part by committing to understanding the terms and embracing realistic solutions to the risks of this evolving financial system.