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SUMMARY:The Growing Influence of Cryptocurrency | Yaya Fanusie
DESCRIPTION:From an academic concept\, largely unknown to the general popul
 ation\, to an actively growing market continuing to gain traction - crypto
 currency is quickly becoming a part of the mainstream financial system. As
  our society is increasingly becoming digitally driven\, join AKWorld for 
 a timely conversation with Yaya Fanusie\, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Cen
 ter for a New American Security (CNAS) whose research focuses on the natio
 nal security implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.\n
 \n\n\nSpeaker:\n\n\nYaya J. Fanusie is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Cen
 ter for a New American Security (CNAS). His research focuses on the nation
 al security implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Ya
 ya spent seven years as both an economic and counterterrorism analyst in t
 he CIA\, where he regularly briefed federal law enforcement\, U.S. militar
 y personnel\, and White House-level policy makers—including President Ge
 orge W. Bush whom he personally briefed on terrorism threats. In 2009\, he
  spent three months in Afghanistan providing analytic support to senior mi
 litary officials.\n\nAfter leaving government service\, Yaya worked for a 
 small consulting firm focused on financial asset recovery cases involving 
 global corruption. Later\, as director of analysis at the Foundation for D
 efense of Democracies’ Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance\, Yaya le
 d research work on sanctions evasion\, terrorist financing\, and Bitcoin m
 oney laundering. Yaya has testified before Congress multiple times on illi
 cit financing issues. He has appeared on CNN\, Fox News\, and has been quo
 ted in the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, and the Washington P
 ost. Yaya blogs at Forbes and is a frequent public speaker on cryptocurren
 cies and U.S. national security. He is certified with the Association of C
 ertified Financial Crime Specialists.\n\nYaya is founder of Cryptocurrency
  AML Strategies\, an advisory firm that helps financial institutions and t
 echnology firms address money laundering and terrorist financing risks ass
 ociated with digital assets. In 2018\, he developed and taught an Introduc
 tion to Blockchain Technology course at Morgan State University in Baltimo
 re.\n\nYaya received an MA in International Affairs from Columbia Universi
 ty’s School of International and Public Affairs and a BA in Economics fr
 om UC Berkeley.\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n 	Check-in will begin at 5:30pm.
  The program will begin at 6pm.\n 	Please use the 7th Ave. entrance (not 
 the main entrance).\n 	Those with online reservations do not need to prese
 nt ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees 
 on a list at check-in.\n 	Please no food or drinks within the Museum Theat
 er.\n 	Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on February 9. Tickets will b
 e available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is 
 sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\nPre-r
 egistration is closed but there is still space available for walk-in parti
 cipants.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwood Distingu
 ished Speakers Series. Named after the the founder of the Alaska World Aff
 airs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, and with the generous support from The 
 Atwood Foundation\, these public programs feature world-class experts on a
  diverse range of topics.
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LOCATION:Anchorage Museum\, 625 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United Stat
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