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Dubai gov’t expands blockchain-powered KYC tool for financial institutions

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17 April, 2021

Dubai gov’t expands blockchain-powered KYC tool for financial institutions

Dubai Economy has partnered with the Dubai International Financial Centre to expand the tool which now accounts for over 50...

Joe Biden pushes budget increase for FinCEN to tackle financial crimes

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Ed Drake

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15 April, 2021

Joe Biden pushes budget increase for FinCEN to tackle financial crimes

The budget increase would see funds of $191 million allocated to the agency, up $64 million on its original budget...

Fintech startups in Nigeria lose access to gov’t KYC/AML verification tool

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Steve Kaaru

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13 April, 2021

Fintech startups in Nigeria lose access to gov’t KYC/AML verification tool

Nigerian fintech startups, including those in the digital currency sector, have been relying on the bank verification number (BVN) as...

South Korea digital currency exchanges to face penalties for anti-money laundering breaches

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Ed Drake

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14 March, 2021

South Korea digital currency exchanges to face penalties for anti-money laundering breaches

The Financial Services Commission has brought forward a new structure of penalties for exchanges that fail to properly implement anti-money...

Bithumb ramps up anti-money laundering protections

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Ed Drake

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12 March, 2021

Bithumb ramps up anti-money laundering protections

The new measures include enhanced Know-Your-Customer verification processes, as well as the introduction of new specialized blockchain intelligence technologies.

Craig Wright discusses Michael Saylor’s ‘nanostrategy’ in latest blog

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Patrick Thompson

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4 February, 2021

Craig Wright discusses Michael Saylor’s ‘nanostrategy’ in latest blog

It looks like Michael Saylor, the chairman, president and CEO of MicroStrategy, does not quite understand how Bitcoin works.

Bitstamp introduces KYC for Dutch digital currency withdrawals

Business

Ed Drake

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23 January, 2021

Bitstamp introduces KYC for Dutch digital currency withdrawals

The digital asset exchange has said users will now be banned from withdrawals unless they are able to verify their...

Huobi Korea secures KISA certification ahead of upcoming Special Payments Act

Business

Ed Drake

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20 January, 2021

Huobi Korea secures KISA certification ahead of upcoming Special Payments Act

Digital currency exchange Huobi has secured the backing of regulators in South Korea, following the decision to award Huobi Korea...

We told you so! Here are some digital asset regulation highlights

Business

Jon Southurst

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4 January, 2021

We told you so! Here are some digital asset regulation highlights

Regulation: it was always going to come to Bitcoin and the digital asset industry, and we've known it for a...

Tech

Patrick Thompson

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24 December, 2020

Digital currency exchange hacks of 2020

In total, $286,933,760 worth of digital currency and 200 pieces of customer data were stolen from digital currency exchanges in...

Inspector General: FBI needs better dark web and digital currency approach

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Steve Kaaru

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23 December, 2020

Inspector General: FBI needs better dark web and digital currency approach

The OIG called on FBI to implement a better strategy for not just its dark web investigations, but also for...

FinCEN looking for digital currency policy advisor as it ramps us KYC regulation

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Steve Kaaru

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22 December, 2020

FinCEN looking for digital currency policy advisor as it ramps us KYC regulation

The U.S. Treasury Department is seeking to hire a policy advisor to guide its digital currency oversight duties.

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