A panel of compliance experts from the crypto industry agreed that law enforcement and institutional finance have been hearing more positive narratives about crypto. During an Aug. 4 panel on legal compliance within the cryptocurrency industry, major figures noted recent shifts in public perception of the industry, pointing to arrests within weeks of the Twitter…
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Shortly after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed the country’s recent cryptocurrency law, the country’s largest bank voiced its considerations. Sberbank, a state-owned company and the largest bank in Russia, is considering the possibility of issuing its own token, according to its key executives. Sergey Popov, Director of the transaction business at Sberbank, says that Russia’s…
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China’s central bank may be planning to use its digital currency to curb the dominance of Alibaba and Tencent in the digital payments sector. The People’s Bank of China is purportedly planning to use its digital currency electronic system (DCEP) — another moniker for its central bank digital currency — to target the dominance of…
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A report updated by Japan’s self-regulatory body JVCEA shows the number of active crypto traders in the country decreased in March. Before a state of emergency had officially been declared to slow the spread of the pandemic in Japan, overall activity on crypto exchanges decreased as there was a spike in fiat deposits. According to…
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Alexander Vinnik, the Russian national accused of laundering 300K Bitcoin through crypto exchange BTC-e, may now face trial in France. Also awaiting charges in the United States and Russia, suspected Bitcoin money launderer Alexander Vinnik could be facing a trial in France first. According to news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP), a Paris judge has ordered…
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Hackers transferred roughly $12M from wallets connected to the Bitfinex breach, in which 120,000 Bitcoin was stolen in August 2016. Someone with access to the 119,756 Bitcoin stolen from crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016 moved $12 million to unknown wallets in the last six days. According to a series of tweets posted by Whale Alert…
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Lawmakers contend that the Russian government’s intent is to curb illicit financial activity. The Russian Federation has banned anonymous deposits to online wallets in a move that will affect 10 million users across the country. According to lawmakers, this initiative is supposed to curb illegal activity, such as the financing of terrorism and the illegal…
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A number of crypto businesses and non-profits have written to the main banking regulator in the U.S. asking for banks to have more authorization to deal with crypto. In response to a request for comment on potential rules from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), many major players in crypto have written…
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Huobi Japan is now part of the local self-regulatory body supporting the development of security token offerings. Huobi’s Japanese branch has joined the Japan Security Token Offering Association, or JSTOA, as a “supporting member” along with Zaif, FXCoin, and 8 other local crypto players, according to the announcement published earlier today. “A full member must…
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Ransomware hackers initially demanded $10 million to restore access to travel firm CWT’s computers and delete any stolen data. U.S.-based corporate travel firm CWT paid $4.5 million in a Bitcoin ransom to hackers who stole sensitive files from the company. According to a July 31 report from Reuters, representatives from CWT (formerly Carlson Wagonlit Travel)…
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