Anti-Crypto propaganda must stop! Fight them Many lies and shots on Bitcoin (BTC)for example on its ecological impact, may seem like an endless battle, so bad faith detractors is large. But fortunately, with growing adoption cryptocurrencies, more and more voices rise for Restore the truth and defend the sector. Today, this is the new association called Institut National de Bitcoin (inbi) who defends mainstream journalists very «approximate»not to say unscrupulous.
The key points of this article:
The National Bitcoin Institute has taken a stand against unfounded accusations concerning the use of Bitcoin and cryptos in criminal activities. The INBI seized the Arch to challenge the unjust and inaccurate media treatment towards cryptocurrencies.
The eternal lie of the overuse of cryptos in criminal activities
The leitmotif of theNational Bitcoin Instituteor inbiis to «think, prepare and support the Bitcoin transition in France». A whole program of blood and sweat, when we know how much hexagon and its policies are terribly late On the subject of cryptocurrency. Today, the INBI has attached to Fore insults Make Bitcoin during the program «Cryptomonnaies: Revolution and Manipulations», broadcast this March 22, 2025 and led by Christine Ockrent. So, as too often, reputation of the cryptocurrency sector was dirty by affirmations devoid of any real substance. This time on the sadly redundant subject (and infinitely exaggerated) exploitation of cryptos by criminals for their illicit activities. According to Christine Ockrent (a lady of 80 ansmaybe not ideal for talking about revolutionary point technologies): » [les cryptos] visibly facilitate money laundering and the actions of hostile regimes and criminal networks ”. Yet rather than an affirmation with a wet finger (and totally ideological), a real expert – in this case François Volpoet of Chainalysis – that NONcriminal activities in cryptos do not represent 0.14 % of all transactions (or 99.86% legitimate transactions). On the other hand, side fiduciary currencies states (dollar, euro, etc.), it is not beautiful to see, with the equivalent 3% world GDP in illicit activities.
Account x @bitcoinPolicyfr without talking about l’importance of these illicit activities, which do not represent that $ 40 billion For all of those carried out by diverting the use of cryptocurrencies, Against $ 2,129 billion For criminal activities carried out thanks to national currencies of the countries. Thus, as the Inbi says, «faced with these Recurrent media drifts (And this treatment scandalously unfair), the new Bitcoin protection and support association has announced on X sear the arcom (the authority for the regulation of audiovisual and digital communication) to request accounts.
Account x @bitcoinPolicyfr The National Institute of Bitcoin also laments (rightly) that «some journalists may have a guest in set with figures contrary [à leurs affirmations] and yet never question yourself ». Although to anti-crypto clothes Tends to go back with the best knowledge of Bitcoin and the adoption of the sector, it remains tenacious among ideologists of bad faith (or very poorly informed, which is worrying in the case of journalism).