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    The currency of the far-right: why neo-Nazis love bitcoin | Julia Ebner

    For extremists, deregulated cryptocurrencies are a potent political statement as much as a means to fund their activities
    by Julia Ebner Jan 24, 2018 3 minutes
    CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA-AUG11:Chanting White lives matter! You will not replace us! and Jews will not replace us! several hundred white nationalists and white supremacists carrying torches marched in a parade through the University of Virginia campus last night. Beginning a little after 9:30 p.m., the march lasted 15 to 20 minutes before ending in skirmishing when the marchers were met by a small group of counterprotesters at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson, the universitys founder. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

    The bitcoin battle is about to go up to a new level: the G20. Last week France and Germany announced that they would propose, at the March summit, a concerted clampdown on the cryptocurrency that is dividing the world.

    In the global dispute about the future of the digital currency experiment some unlikely coalitions have taken shape: who would have thought that bankers and would join forces one day? While the former seek to preserve the financial system, the latter want to protect the ecosystem. Even more obscure is the conglomerate of cryptocurrency enthusiasts fighting

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