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19 October, 2023

Coinbase frets as US pols seek new weapons to fight ‘crypto’ terror financing

Digital asset exchange Coinbase issued a blog post on October 17 emphasizing its commitment to “rooting out bad actors seeking...

Tornado Cash founders charged in $1 billion money laundering scheme, including for North Korea

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James Field

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29 August, 2023

Tornado Cash founders charged in $1 billion money laundering scheme, including for North Korea

The two co-founders of the Ethereum-based mixer Tornado Cash were charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with money laundering...

Binance tempts fate by helping Russia dodge economic sanctions

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Steven Stradbrooke

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24 August, 2023

Binance tempts fate by helping Russia dodge economic sanctions

Binance remains a key conduit for Russian entities looking to convert rubles into digital assets that can then be exchanged...

Putin signs digital ruble bill into law, enabling CBDC in Russia

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James Field

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27 July, 2023

Putin signs digital ruble bill into law, enabling CBDC in Russia

Under the newly signed law, the Bank of Russia is tasked with storing digital ruble assets and will be the...

Who might face sanctions after Bitzlato?

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Guest Contributor

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19 July, 2023

Who might face sanctions after Bitzlato?

Data compiled by the Global Ledger team shows five exchanges have similar exposure to Hydra and continue to process transactions...

Belarus to ban peer-to-peer digital asset transactions to combat crime

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Steve Kaaru

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7 July, 2023

Belarus to ban peer-to-peer digital asset transactions to combat crime

Belarus will only allow citizens to trade digital assets through centralized exchanges, saying it has uncovered 27 incidents of illegal...

Atomic Wallet hack sees North Korea’s Lazarus Group pocketing $100M: report

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Steve Kaaru

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15 June, 2023

Atomic Wallet hack sees North Korea’s Lazarus Group pocketing $100M: report

Atomic Wallet was hacked earlier this month in an attack it claimed only affected 1% of users, and Elliptic reports...

Georgian banking regulator to tighten AML screws for digital currency firms

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Wahid Pessarlay

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6 June, 2023

Georgian banking regulator to tighten AML screws for digital currency firms

Acting Governor of the NBG Archil Mestvirishvili confirmed that the Georgian central bank would float new anti-money laundering (AML) directives...

Russian gov’t shelves plan for national digital currency exchange

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Wahid Pessarlay

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3 June, 2023

Russian gov’t shelves plan for national digital currency exchange

The previous national digital currency exchange plans drew criticisms over its infrastructure risks and antitrust issues, as well as privacy...

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Steven Stradbrooke

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9 May, 2023

Binance probed for helping Russia dodge economic sanctions

May is taking a bad turn on Binance as the exchange is under investigation for violating economic sanctions against Russia,...

Poloniex agrees to $7.6M settlement over 66,000 sanction violations

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Steve Kaaru

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5 May, 2023

Poloniex agrees to $7.6M settlement over 66,000 sanction violations

Poloniex allegedly allowed users based in Syria, Crimea, Iran, and Sudan to make over $15 million worth of trades on...

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James Field

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7 April, 2023

Sanctions, Russia and ‘crypto crime’

After Russia invades Ukraine, sanctions are back on the agenda, and when it comes to getting around them, misuse of...

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