Yaya Fanusie
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Energy, Economics and Security Program, Center for a New American Security
Yaya J. Fanusie is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. His research focuses on the national security implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Fanusie spent seven years as both an economic and counterterrorism analyst in the CIA, where he regularly briefed federal law enforcement, US military personnel, and White House-level policy makers, including President George W. Bush. In 2009, he spent three months in Afghanistan providing analytic support to senior military officials. He is also the founder of Cryptocurrency AML Strategies, an advisory firm that helps financial institutions and technology firms address money laundering and terrorist financing risks associated with digital assets.
