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Israel’s intelligence service has been accused of using crypto to recruit spies in Turkey as it seeks to track down and kidnap Palestinians living in the country, Turkish authorities claim.  As reported by the Financial Times on Tuesday, Turkey’s interior minister Ali Yerlikay announced the detention of 34 people linked to Mossad following raids across the country.  According to a senior Turkish official, suspects “were involved in reconnaissance, surveillance, assault, and kidnapping operations and/or plots targeting foreign nationals in [ Turkey ] on Mossad’s behalf.” Reuters reports that the Turkish official claims that recruits were paid by Mossad through intermediaries, live couriers, and crypto so that funds couldn’t be traced back to the agency .  In addition, the official said that job listings posted online asked recruits to photograph targets, plant cars with GPS devices, and assist Israeli agents “for their ultimate mission.” Mossad reportedly trained suspect...

The new all-time highs come despite Bitcoin still being down over 50% against its price peak of $69,000 against the U.S. dollar. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has notched new all -time highs against some of the world’s most inflationary fiat currencies. Across 30 hours over Oct. 23 to 24, the cost of buying one Bitcoin has reached all time- highs when using the Argentine peso (ARS), Nigerian naira (NGN), Turkish lira (TRY), Laotian kip (LAK) and the Egyptian pound (EGT). #Bitcoin just hit an all-time high in Argentina, Turkey and Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/sKRNUaBMX8 — Miles Deutscher (@milesdeutscher) October 26, 2023 However, it should be noted that the result is due to the ongoing devaluation of the currencies, exacerbated by Bitcoin’s recent 16% price increase. NGN and TRY fell to their lowest points against the U.S. dollar on Oct. 24 and Oct.25, while ARS is only 0.85% off its all-time low (against the U.S. dollar). According to the International Monetary Fund, the Venezu...