The U.S. Justice Department has seized bitcoin stolen from an elderly man in a government imposter scam and will be returning the cryptocurrency to him. “The fraudsters deceived the victim into believing his personal information had been used to facilitate a drug trafficking and money laundering scheme,” detailed the DOJ. DOJ Returns Bitcoin Stolen From…
Read more
It’s an especially simplified process for American and Canadian Coinbase users, who can use their debit cards for transfers. On Wednesday, Coinbase launched a new feature, dubbed “Coinbase Pay,” that enables its clients to fund their Coinbase Wallets directly from a Chrome browser extension. According to its staff, Coinbase Pay intends to make it intuitive…
Read more
Over the last week, the United States and president Joe Biden’s administration tightened sanctions against Russia a great deal. The U.S. banned Russian energy imports, a number of other types of imported goods, and a series of harsh financial sanctions against Russia. In the midst of a restricted global economy, the top two privacy-centric crypto…
Read more
The number of bitcoin held on exchanges has continued to drop in recent times as the metric suggests crypto advocates are pulling funds off of trading platforms for long-term holding. At the time of writing, 2.32 million bitcoin worth over $90 billion is held on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Since This Time Last Year, Large Sums…
Read more
The major US crypto exchange Coinbase launched the beta version of its new Coinbase One product that offers trading with zero fees on a subscription-based model. The new product has already been rolled out to selected users in beta mode, Coinbase said on its website, adding that the users in question have received emails…
Read more
Z Holdings, the internet subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate holding company Softbank, is planning to launch a global non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace this spring. Z Holdings’ “NFT Mall” aims to target 180 countries and leverage the firm’s Paypay service in order to attract Web3, metaverse, and NFT patrons. Z Holdings Doesn’t Want to ‘Miss out…
Read more
After tapping a 24-hour high at $42,592 per unit, the price of bitcoin lost the gains it gathered on Wednesday, sliding more than 5% during Thursday morning’s trading sessions. Meanwhile, as crypto prices fluctuated, an odd bitcoin transaction from 2010 was transferred at 1:45 a.m. (UTC) moving 429 bitcoin worth $16.8 million. Large Sum of…
Read more
The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has addressed the company’s procedures toward complying with sanctions in a blog post published on Sunday. The crypto firm says that respecting sanctions plays a “vital role in promoting national security” and the acts can help deter “unlawful aggression.”
Coinbase Intends to Comply With International Sanctions, Chief Legal Officer Says ‘Digital…
Read more
Crypto’s transparent nature makes it a terrible choice for those who want to evade sanctions, said Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of major crypto exchange Coinbase. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US and its allies imposed an extensive round of sanctions on a number of Russian financial institutions and entities, basically trying to…
Read more
Grewal points out that laundering of fiat currency through traditional financial institutions remains the most sought-after method for evading sanctions. The United States-based crypto exchange Coinbase has proposed the use of cryptocurrencies to help ensure compliance with economic sanctions. This recommendation comes by highlighting the ease of laundering and sanction evasion of fiat currencies made…
Read more
