160 - Is the CIA Spying on Crypto? with Annie Jacobsen

<p>Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and author writes about war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security. She’s written books on the secrets of Area 51, and the Pentagon’s military science R&D efforts over the decades.</p> <p>------<br /> ✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode: <br /> <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/annie-jacobsen-debrief">https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/annie-jacobsen-debrief</a> <br />  <br /> ------<br /> ✨ COLLECTIBLES | Collect this episode: <br /> <a href= "https://collectibles.bankless.com/mint">https://collectibles.bankless.com/mint</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Our guest Annie Jacobsen has spent her career interviewing and studying intelligence agencies.</p> <p>The 2023 crypto movement is sufficiently large enough that it has certainly attracted the attention of every intelligence agency out there. We want to learn about how the world’s intelligence agencies might have or are interacting with the crypto community. </p> <p>Is the CIA spying on crypto? Our guest Annie gives us her thoughts.</p> <p>------<br /> 📣 MetaMask Learn | Learn Web3 with the Leading Web3 Wallet <br /> <a href="https://bankless.cc/">https://bankless.cc/</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 JOIN BANKLESS PREMIUM: <br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/subscribe">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/subscribe</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: </p> <p>🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kraken">https://bankless.cc/kraken</a> </p> <p>🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/uniswap">https://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>👻 PHANTOM | #1 SOLANA WALLET<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist">https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 8:00 Three Letter Agencies<br /> 14:40 Annie’s Work<br /> 17:33 Crypto Patterns<br /> 20:48 State vs. N