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Silk Road Bitcoin Seizure: Analytics Firm Claims Tokens Worth Millions Still Outstanding

22.11.2020
Analytics firm Coinfirm says the US Department of Justice (DOJ)’s seizure of digital assets associated with the now-defunct Silk Road left behind tokens worth millions of dollars. According to Coinfirm, there are still valuable balances held on forked addresses originating from that wallet....

The Long Arm of Justice: How Far Can the DoJ Really Go in Prosecuting Foreign Actors?

21.11.2020
DoJ is now determined to hold the crypto industry to cross-border enforcement standards that have long applied to other sectors of finance

Law Decoded: Green lights of the SEC, black flags of Binance, Nov. 13–20

20.11.2020
Libel laws and new faces at the U.S. securities regulator lead the week's news

US regulator wants to stop banks from blacklisting legal businesses, crypto included

20.11.2020
New rule-making aims to stop "creeping politicization of the banking industry," says OCC head

US Is Debating Risk vs. Liability for New Crypto Tax Rules

19.11.2020
Treasury department officials are wrangling with how to focus a coming set of crypto tax rules

New Dutch Law: Clients Must Explain Why They Want To Buy Bitcoin

19.11.2020
Netherlands-based crypto exchanges are now required by law to get additional information from clients regarding their bitcoin addresses. As part of the new requirements, which went into effect on Nov. 17, clients must now furnish exchanges with reasons why they wish to buy bitcoin. They will also...

Binance hires Trump lawyer who helped put Gawker Media out of business

18.11.2020
Celebrity attorney with extensive Hollywood and political connections will appear in battle with Forbes

Binance files US lawsuit against Forbes and two cryptocurrency journalists

18.11.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange alleges "millions of dollars" in losses as a result of what it describes as a "false and misleading" article

Charged Aussie Bitconnect promoter faces up to 47 years in prison

18.11.2020
The Australian could be 99-years old by the time he is released if he’s sentenced to the maximum penalty

Kyrgyzstan's central bank developing draft law for cryptocurrency industry

16.11.2020
Solid crypto regulations would be a long time coming for Kyrgyzstan

Law Decoded: Of AML and appointees, Nov. 6–13

13.11.2020
In the U.S., all eyes are on Biden's planned appointees, while Europe is seeing progress under a new AML regime

Russia Proposes New Rules and Penalties for Cryptocurrency Owners

13.11.2020
The Russian Ministry of Finance has developed new amendments to the country’s cryptocurrency regulation. The proposal outlines a new set of rules for crypto owners, exchanges, and miners, as well as penalties for undeclared crypto transactions. Russia’s New Crypto Regulation...

BitMEX crypto exchange steps up AML and trade surveillance measures

12.11.2020
New technology will help screen out bad actors, BitMEX says

U.S. law firm says IRS is coming after Coinbase users who evade taxes

11.11.2020
Once an IRS investigation or audit is opened, it's too late to make amends, warn tax lawyers

Argentina's Parliament will see a new bill presenting a framework for crypto

10.11.2020
One of Argentina's youngest deputies is prepping new legislation to provide a national framework for crypto, which will reportedly hit the parliament next week

Former Microsoft Engineer to Serve 9 Years in Prison in a Case That Involves Use of Bitcoin Mixers

10.11.2020
A U.S. court in Seattle has sentenced a former Microsoft engineer to 9 years in prison after finding him guilty of 18 federal felonies relating to his elaborate scheme to defraud the tech giant $10 million. In passing the judgment, the court blasts Volodymyr Kvashuk, a software engineer and citizen...

Sharktron Defi Project Devs Exit Scam: Tron Foundation Says Part of Missing Funds Now Frozen

10.11.2020
Developers of the Sharktron defi project have exit scammed with reports suggesting that TRX tokens worth up to $10 million are missing. The Tron Foundation has confirmed the theft, but is quick to inform Sharktron token holders that a portion of the missing funds has been frozen. The exit scam...