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Institutional DeFi Enabler? Data Firm Kaiko Probes DEX Liquidity With New Product
19.5.2022
The data feed unpacks what’s what in Uniswap, SushiSwap, Curve Finance and Balancer asset pools
South Korean Financial Regulators Begin Terra Probes, Politician Calls for Kwon to Face Parliamentary Hearing
17.5.2022
The Terraform Labs mastermind Do Kwon (real name Kwon Do-hyeong) could be facing trouble from financial and law enforcement authorities in South Korea and Singapore as a torrid month for the Terra (LUNA) platform just keeps getting worse.
Following reports that Kwon appears to have dissolved...
Senate Finance Committee Chair probes “lack of safeguards” in crypto tax incentives
29.3.2022
A new push for clarity on compliance from Senator Wyden aims to ensure economically distressed communities receive promised benefits from crypto mining companies
South Korean Crypto Exchanges Face AML Probes as Regulators Test Compliance
18.1.2022
South Korean regulators are set to probe the nation’s four biggest crypto exchanges to test their anti-money laundering (AML) capabilities.
The exchanges – Korbit, Upbit, Coinone, and Bithumb – are the only trading platforms that operate fiat KRW markets and received their operating permits...
SEC Allegedly Probes Operators Behind World’s Largest Decentralized Exchange, Uniswap: Report
3.9.2021
According to a recent report, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has allegedly started probing the startup that operates the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap. The dex platform Uniswap is the largest dex in terms of trade volume with over $10 billion in crypto tokens swapped...
Indian regulator probes crypto exchange for alleged forex law violations
19.7.2021
The Directorate of Enforcement issued a show-cause notice to the crypto exchange for allowing clients to transfer cryptocurrencies without following the law of the land
DOJ Tells FBI and Others: ‘Stop Signing Appreciation Notes for Binance’
17.7.2021
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested federal agencies stop signing appreciation letters for Binance. The exchange used these letters as proof they are actively helping these agencies in criminal probes. However, this behavior seems to have bothered agents of these state organizations...
India Probes Cryptocurrency Exchange Wazirx in Chinese Money Laundering Case
12.6.2021
India’s Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has reportedly sent a notice to Wazirx, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in India, under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, (FEMA). The investigation was initiated “on the basis of the ongoing money-laundering investigation into...
BitMEX Chiefs Looted More Than $440M From Exchange After Finding Out About Probes, Suit Alleges
31.10.2020
The suit seeks an order of attachment against the parent company of BitMEX
Sleepy Bridges, Reentered China, Reopened Probes and 20 Crypto Jokes
23.5.2020
This week in crypto news: Bitcoin shortly neared USD 10K with altcoins gaining bullish momentum too, while BTC was still leaving exchanges rapidly, and Bitcoin-Ethereum bridge, tBTC, was put to sleep two days post-launch. As the threat of inflation looms, investors turn to gold, and maybe...
IOTA Foundation Suspends Network, Probes Fund Theft in Trinity Wallet
14.2.2020
The German nonprofit, which supports several decentralized platforms, said it received several reports of fund theft from its Trinity Wallet users and decided to shut off the Coordinator node in the network for further investigation
Bitcoin Probes Major Resistance After 15% Price Rally
7.1.2020
Bitcoin's recent gains have led to a bullish chart breakout and brought a key long-term price resistance into play for the first time in over two months
Australia Probes Big Four Bank Accused of 23 Million Money Laundering Breaches
18.12.2019
With stricter new regulations on the horizon for the crypto space around the world, Australians have found that it’s actually their traditional financial institutions that have been breaching well-established anti-money laundering rules and other industry standards this year. Westpac, one...
Canada Regulator Probes Two Crypto Exchanges, Puts One in Receivership
5.11.2019
A financial regulator in a Canadian province has placed one cryptocurrency exchange into receivership and is investigating another – with scores of customers concerned about the whereabouts of their funds.
Per multiple Canadian media outlets, including news agency The Canadian Press (via Vic News)...