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Gary Gensler Under Consideration for Deputy Treasury Secretary Role: Report

25.11.2020
Former CFTC Chair Gary Gensler, who's leading Joe Biden's financial oversight team, may be tapped as Deputy Treasury Secretary

DoJ makes fintech giant sell Credit Karma's tax wing to Square before $7.1B acquisition

25.11.2020
Intuit, which also owns TurboTax, can't hold all the keys to consumer tax software, the DoJ says

In Her Own Words: Here’s What Janet Yellen Has Said About Bitcoin

24.11.2020
Janet Yellen wasn’t a fan of bitcoin when she ran the Fed. Her views as Treasury Secretary may shape crypto regulation over the next four years

Biden to Tap Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary

23.11.2020
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen will be tapped to run the Treasury Department, where she will oversee federal agencies that impact crypto

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

Chainalysis Launches Program to Store and Sell Seized Crypto Assets for Governments

13.11.2020
The blockchain intelligence and surveillance company Chainalysis revealed the launch of a new program that aims to help governments and insolvency practitioners sell seized cryptocurrencies. The news follows the recent U.S. government seizure of more than 69,000 BTC worth over $1 billion...

A New Bitcoin Mining Pool Claims It Has Tools to Censor Blockchain Transactions

12.11.2020
A blockchain and technology company claims its new bitcoin mining pool is embedded with tools that enable the pool to censure transactions in the blocks they mine. According to a statement issued by the DMG, the parent company to Blockseer mining pool, this ability allows the latter...

BitMEX crypto exchange steps up AML and trade surveillance measures

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

A Look at ‘Individual X’ and the Seized Stash of Silk Road Bitcoins Worth $1 Billion

9.11.2020
On November 3, 2020, the cryptocurrency community noticed that one of the largest addresses holding 69,369 bitcoins from the Silk Road were transferred. Following the onchain movement, the U.S. government revealed it had seized the coins from a person they dubbed “Individual X.”...

New administration and the DoJ’s continued flex in crypto

6.11.2020
With the election taking all the air out of the room, we look at what new appointments at the DoJ could mean

Brazilian gov't gets help from US Justice Department to seize $24M in crypto

5.11.2020
The government of Brazil requested assistance from US authorities regarding a crypto fraud scheme called “Operation Egypto.”

US Seizes Previously Undetected Silk Road Bitcoins Worth Over $1 Billion

5.11.2020
The U.S. government has seized over $1 billion in bitcoin from previously undetected transactions associated with the Silk Road marketplace and is now seeking the forfeiture of the cryptocurrency. US Confiscates $1 Billion in Bitcoin From Silk Road The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit seeking...

Visa’s Planned $5.3B Purchase of Fintech Firm Plaid Challenged by US DOJ

5.11.2020
The Justice Department alleges Visa’s acquisition of Plaid would eliminate competition in the online debit market, leading to higher prices

Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Visa's acquisition of Plaid

5.11.2020
Monopolizing a market is legal in some instances, but not others

Justice Department seizes $1 billion in recently moved Silk Road crypto

5.11.2020
The move follows widespread crackdowns by the DoJ on crypto

$200 Million Brazilian Crypto Fraud Scam: The US Seizes $24 Million Worth of Digital Currencies

5.11.2020
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says it has seized cryptocurrencies worth $24 million after receiving an official request from the government of Brazil. The seizure stems from an ongoing investigation into the $200 million cryptocurrency scam that may have defrauded tens of thousands...