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Binance Founder CZ’s Sentencing Pushed to April, Potential Prison Term Looms
13.2.2024
The sentencing date for Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has been postponed from February 23rd to April 30th, according to a notice filed in a Seattle Federal Court, CNBC reported. Earlier, Zhao pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in November 2023. While...
Nigeria Faces Pressure to Tighten Crypto Regulations for Financial Crime Prevention
12.2.2024
Nigeria faces calls to go further in its efforts to clarify crypto regulation after a blockchain firm successfully finished training its fifth cohort of crypto compliance specialists last weekend. Blockchain intelligence service provider A&D Forensics teaches a course on curbing financial...
FA Hayek’s Foresight: Imagining Bitcoin’s Unstoppable Rise Through a ‘Sly, Roundabout Way’
11.2.2024
In recent years, discussions have flourished around the visionary predictions of famed architect and systems theorist Buckminster Fuller, who is said to have anticipated a concept akin to Bitcoin. Similarly, industrial magnate Henry Ford is credited with imagining a novel energy currency with...
Traditional Banking Sector Helped to Fuel Misconceptions About Regulators’ Stance on Crypto, Says Karim Chaib
11.2.2024
Although many global regulators are commonly perceived to be against offering regulation that is supportive of crypto, Karim Chaib, the CEO of the digital assets platform Web3intelligence, asserts that their stance is, in fact, intended “to ensure a safe and secure environment for both...
The Key to Making More Money During a Crypto ICO? Look Trustworthy, New Study Says
9.2.2024
A February 8 study from the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland, has unveiled that a trustworthy appearance could boost investor funding in crypto initial coin offerings (ICOs) by an impressive 95%. For context, ICOs typically refer to the raising of capital required to launch a...
Wirex CEO Says Money Mules Are a Massive Issue in FinTech and Crypto
9.2.2024
In an insightful interview with Cryptonews, Pavel Matveev, CEO and co-founder of popular global digital payment platform Wirex, discussed what money mules are and how big of a problem they pose in the crypto and FinTech industries. The short answer is: big. He further told us how these fraudsters...
Former Bitmex Chief Foresees Bitcoin Rising to $1 Million Amid Banking Bailout and Money Printing Surge
9.2.2024
Arthur Hayes, former CEO of crypto exchange Bitmex, has predicted a remarkable surge in the price of bitcoin, envisioning it reaching $1 million amidst anticipated banking bailout measures and significant money printing by the Federal Reserve. Hayes expects the troubled New York Community Bancorp...
BIS Warns Against Unregulated Metaverse: A Call to Prevent Fragmentation and Corporate Control
8.2.2024
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has published a report calling on regulators to “future proof” themselves against the adverse effects of an unregulated metaverse on the digital economy. The 31-page report warns that future money and virtual environments run the risk...
Hong Kong Seeks Input on OTC Crypto Trading Rules
8.2.2024
Hong Kong on Thursday announced a consultation on regulating over-the-counter (OTC) crypto trading. The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau consultation seeks to establish a conceptual framework for licensing virtual asset OTC services. Under the regime, operators would be mandated to obtain...
Illicit Virtual Asset Use On The Rise, U.S. Treasury Report Reveals
7.2.2024
The U.S. Treasury Department is seeing an increase in illicit crypto use according to a Thursday report. The department’s 2024 National Risk Assessments on Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Proliferation Financing report highlights that virtual assets are increasingly used by illicit...
U.S. Treasury Department Highlights Increasing Use of Crypto by Criminals in 2024
7.2.2024
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released its 2024 National Risk Assessments on Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Proliferation Financing, outlining the most significant threats facing the United States in illicit finance. The reports detail updates to the anti-money laundering...
India’s WazirX, Zebpay CEOs Collaborate to Debut New Crypto Venture
7.2.2024
Indian crypto veterans Nischal Shetty and Avinash Shekhar have launched their new crypto-INR perpetual futures exchange dubbed ‘Pi42.’ WazirX founder Shetty and erstwhile CEO of Zebpay Shakhar said that the new venture would be one of the most legally compliant exchanges in India. The exchange...
Indian Government Rejects Binance’s Plea to Resume Operations, Demands PMLA Compliance
5.2.2024
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is engaged in discussions with the Indian government to regain access to its mobile app and website in the country following its delisting from Apple’s India app store. While Binance is prepared to pay taxes and penalties, it is currently unwilling to comply...
Aptos (APT) early investors shift profits into DeeStream (DST) presale as markets Leo Token (LEO) drops
5.2.2024
  The everchanging crypto markets mean that there are a lot of chances to make money off of good investments, but there are also a lot of ways to make bad ones. When all is said and done, the best investments are the ones that have real-world utility, solve real-world problems, and have...
Veteran Investor Jim Rogers Skeptical About Bitcoin as Future Currency
5.2.2024
Legendary investor Jim Rogers believes that governments are unlikely to authorize Bitcoin, or other major cryptocurrencies, as official fiat money. “I don’t see cryptocurrencies becoming money because governments do not want that competition,” he said in a recent interview with Kitco News....
Spanish Treasury Proposes Tax Reform to Allow Cryptocurrency Seizures
5.2.2024
The Spanish Treasury is proposing a tax reform to allow the seizure of cryptocurrency assets when liquidating tax debts. According to local sources, the proposal would also allow the state administration to embargo these digital assets as it is giving the first steps by declaring electronic money...
20+ Best VPN-Friendly Casinos for 2024
5.2.2024
Virtual Private Network or VPN-friendly casinos are a very popular choice for many gamblers. VPNs solve a lot of the problems gamblers face when it comes to online gambling, from geo-locks when traveling abroad to privacy concerns. But how can you be sure that the VPN casino you chose is worth your...
DOJ Charges Belarusian National With Money Laundering Conspiracy and Operating Unlicensed Crypto Exchange
4.2.2024
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged the Belarus national Aliaksandr Klimenka with money laundering conspiracy and the operation of an unlicensed money services business. Most of these criminal activities were perpetrated via BTC-e’s servers in the U.S. which were “leased...
Nigeria Forex Crisis: Central Bank Removes Cap on Exchange Rate for International Money Transfer Operators
4.2.2024
The Central Bank of Nigeria announced on Jan. 31 that it had removed caps on naira payout rates that international money transfer operators are allowed to quote. The central bank said the policy change is an effort aimed at further liberalizing the foreign exchange market. The naira’s Feb.1...
Veteran Investor Jim Rogers on Crypto: Bitcoin Unlikely to Become Money, Governments Favor CBDCs
3.2.2024
In a new interview, Jim Rogers, who helms Rogers Holdings Inc. and was a co-creator of the Quantum Fund alongside George Soros in the 1970s, shared his observation of “various signs that something is going to go wrong soon” within the U.S. economy, predicting an impending recession....