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Advisors May Drive Bitcoin ETF Flows in USA + More News
18.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Backcountry Media Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In this edition: Advisors May Drive Bitcoin ETF Flows, Says Needham US OFAC Fines Crypto Exchange $1.2M for Russia...
Crypto Exchange CoinList Settles OFAC's Russian Sanctions Allegations for $1.2M
14.12.2023
CoinList did not detect users who claimed to be from non-embargoed countries, but provided addresses in Crimea, OFAC said
Tether Freezes Tokens of Sanctioned Individuals Listed by OFAC
11.12.2023
Source: Pixabay Tether (USDT), the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin, has frozen the wallets of individuals sanctioned by the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC). In a recent announcement, the company said it aims to prevent potential misuse of its tokens and enhance...
Tether Implements New Stablecoin-Freezing Policy After Seizing Funds Tied to OFAC Sanctioned Entities
10.12.2023
Tether, a leading stablecoin company in the crypto industry, has announced a significant new initiative aimed at strengthening the security of the crypto asset ecosystem. The company announced this weekend that its recent move to voluntarily freeze tether-holding wallets linked to the Office...
Crypto Exchange Bitzlato Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to U.S. Money Transmitter Charge
6.12.2023
Anatoly Legkodymov, a co-founder of Hong Kong-based crypto exchange Bitzlato, pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitter. Bitzlato was sanctioned by the U.S government in January
Ethereum’s Decentralization Questioned as Block Builders Censor Transactions Tied to US Sanctions
6.12.2023
Censorship is on the rise in Ethereum as key players block transactions tied to US sanctions, undermining its decentralized ethos. Image by Kerem Goktug Kaya, DALL-E 3. A pillar of Ethereum’s original vision was decentralization—the idea that its blockchain would operate outside constraints...
Binance and CZ Settle With the DOJ and Other Federal Agencies
6.12.2023
On November 21, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Department of Treasury’s Finance Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the Department of Justice (DOJ) all settled charges against Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency...
Crypto Mixer Sinbad Sanctioned by OFAC Over Alleged Ties to North Korean Hackers
1.12.2023
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on yet another cryptocurrency mixing platform, labeling Sinbad.io as a “key money-laundering tool” used by the North Korean Lazarus Group crime syndicate. Sinbad.io, in addition...
Crypto Mixer Sanctioned by U.S. Treasury for North Korea Allegations, as FBI, Dutch and Finnish Police Seize Website
29.11.2023
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control listed two crypto addresses tied to Sinbad, a mixing service, in its latest sanctions list
End of an Era: CZ Steps Down, SEC Names More ‘Securities,’ as US Crypto Crusade Continues — Week in Review
26.11.2023
Bitcoin.com News reported this week that leading crypto exchange Binance will settle with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) for $4.3 billion, related to breaching anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations. The well-known face of the exchange, and former CEO, Changpeng...
Bitcoin Mining Pool F2pool Acknowledges OFAC Transaction Censorship; Backpedals After Community Backlash
24.11.2023
F2Pool, a Bitcoin mining pool, has admitted to filtering transactions coming from Bitcoin addresses flagged by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). After the situation was discovered by 0xB10C, a Bitcoin developer, F2pool co-founder Chun Wang acknowledged that his pool was indeed applying...
Social Media Speculates if F2Pool is Censoring Transactions, Founder Responds
22.11.2023
0x10BC, a Bitcoin development blogger, has unveiled data potentially suggesting that F2Pool has censored a number of recent transactions. What 0x10BC’s data says 0x10BC, who runs a mining pool observation project with the aim of detecting potential unrecognized potential Bitcoin transactions...
Bitcoin's Anti-Censorship Ethos Surfaces After Mining Pool F2Pool Acknowledges 'Filter'
22.11.2023
After a blockchain sleuth reported that the Bitcoin mining pool may have censored a transaction from an address blacklisted by U.S. authorities, critics responded, and so did the project's co-founder
Binance's Busy Day, Kraken's Second SEC Fight
22.11.2023
Binance is paying one of the largest fines in corporate history to the U.S. Department of Justice, while its founder and CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, stepped down from his role running the platform as part of a settlement with multiple federal agencies. Meanwhile, Kraken is facing a lawsuit from...
Binance to Make 'Complete Exit' From U.S., Pay Billions to FinCEN, OFAC on Top of DOJ Settlement
21.11.2023
Crypto exchange Binance will leave the U.S., pay billions in fines and appoint a monitor for five years to settle charges with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), the U.S. Treasury Department's money laundering and sanctions watchdogs...
Blockchain Association Sues OFAC Over Sanctions on Tornado Cash
21.11.2023
Source: US Department of Treasury Blockchain Association, the crypto advocacy group, has filed an amicus brief with the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The Association has criticized the agency’s decision to sanction crypto mixer Tornado Cash, pointing out the regulatory repercussions....
OFAC Sanctions Russian National Accused of Using Virtual Currency to Launder Money
5.11.2023
According to the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Russian national Ekaterina Zhdanova has been sanctioned as punishment for using virtual currency to launder money for designated Russian elites. OFAC said Zhdanova’s properties and interests in the United States are now either...
Web3 Protocol WalletConnect Halts Services in Russia, Following US Treasury Guidelines
1.11.2023
Web3 platform WalletConnect, which links cryptocurrency wallets, has restricted its services in Russia, in light of the latest US Guidelines. The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) unveiled sanctions in Russia and a few parts of Ukraine. The restrictions came into effect...
U.S. Treasury Targets Gaza Crypto Business in Sanctions to Squeeze Hamas
18.10.2023
The Treasury Department issued a list of sanctions that included a business providing money transfers and digital assets exchange services in Gaza
Tornado Cash Trading Volumes Nosedived 90% After U.S. Sanctions
11.10.2023
While North Korean hackers have mostly moved to other Bitcoin mixers, some illicit use of Tornado Cash continues, a report from TRM Labs says