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Tom Emmer Asks Top Treasury Official If Crypto ‘A Popular Tool’ For Hamas: ‘Terrorists Still Prefer… To Use Traditional Products And Services’

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) asked top Treasury officials regarding the use of cryptocurrency by Hamas for fundraising. What Happened: Emmer tweeted on X, “Today, I asked Treasury’s Head of FinCEN and OFAC about the WSJ’s reporting on Hamas’s digital asset fundraising campaign. Undersecretary Nelson CONFIRMED, on the record, that the WSJ’s numbers were inaccurate and that crypto was not even a popular tool for Hamas terrorists.” This statement came after reports had implicated cryptocurrency as a facilitator in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Israel by Hamas. Brian Nelson, the Treasury’s und…