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Hull City Sponsor Tomya Crypto Exchange Embroiled in Turkey Fraud Scandal
29.11.2023
The owner of Tomya was among 25 people detained in Turkey as the country prepares new crypto legislation
Crypto Regulation News Weekly Digest: SEC Sues Kraken and IOSCO Issues Crucial Crypto Regulations
21.11.2023
  Multiple countries advanced cryptocurrency oversight last week through legal actions, guidance, and policy initiatives. Image by RareStock, Adobe Stock. The past week brought several new major developments on the crypto regulation front. The SEC sued a major crypto exchange, IOSCO developed...
ZK community aligned with the core Web3 mission: zkDay Istanbul round-up
20.11.2023
The ZkDay Istanbul event offered exposure and networking opportunities to new and upcoming ZK-based projects and entrepreneurs
Turkey’s New Crypto Asset Regulations Expected in 2024 – Focus on Taxation and Licensing
16.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Turkey officials confirmed that the nation is considering debuting a new crypto market regulation, effective 2024. The regulation will emphasize addressing crypto licensing and taxation, per a Reuters report. Turkey is seeking to address concerns raised by the Financial Action Task...
Turkey mulls addressing licensing and taxation in new crypto rule
16.11.2023
Bora Erdamar from BlockchainIST Center emphasized that upcoming crypto regulations prioritize specific licensing standards to prevent system abuse
No CZ, no problem: Binance Blockchain Week showcases Turkish crypto industry
13.11.2023
Binance picked the Bosphorus as the backdrop for Binance Blockchain Week, the flagship event in its 2023 calendar
Turkish Lira Tops Fiat Volumes in September as Adoption Grows: Binance Research
10.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Iryna Dincer The Turkish Lira (TRY) leads the chart as the top fiat traded on the world’s largest exchange by volume, Binance following a surge in the number of investors, new research shows. A new Binance market research shows an increasing vol trading volume around...
Turkish Lira becomes top crypto trading pair on Binance in Sept 2023
10.11.2023
Turkish Lira accounted for 75% of all fiat volume in early September, which can be tied to the recent influx of crypto investors in the Turkish market
Turkey Aims to Leave FATF Grey List with Proposed Crypto Asset Legislation
1.11.2023
Turkey is taking steps to toughen its crypto regulations in an effort to convince the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international financial crime watchdog, to remove it from the “grey list” of countries that have not done enough to combat money laundering and terrorist...
Turkey aims to shed FATF gray list status with new crypto regulations
1.11.2023
Finance Minister Simsek reportedly stated that the sole outstanding technical compliance matter is crypto assets
Turkey in "Final Stage" of Bringing Crypto Legislation as Last Step to Get off FATF's Grey List: Minister
1.11.2023
Turkey is in the "final stage" of bringing crypto legislation to its parliament, a last step required for it to be removed from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) "grey list
Turkey Projects Finalization of Cryptocurrency Taxes by Next Year
27.10.2023
Turkish government intends to establish a regulatory framework for crypto assets, including plans to tax these digital assets, starting 2024. The regulatory measure came as a part of the government’s 2024 Presidential Annual Program, unveiled on Wednesday. The translated document sheds light...
Turkey plans to craft crypto framework in 2024
27.10.2023
The Presidential Annual Programm for 2024 sets an aim to finalize the crypto regulations in the country within the next year
Today in Crypto: UBS Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund Pilot on Ethereum, $8BN was a 'Rounding Error' to SBF
2.10.2023
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Binance CMO Hails Istanbul as a Crypto Hub
27.9.2023
Rachel Conlan, the new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, conducted an interview with Serdar Turan as part of CoinDesk Türkiye's Exclusive Interview series
Turkish Crypto Exchange Boss Gets 11,196 Years in Prison
10.9.2023
The CEO of collapsed Turkish crypto exchange Thodex has been sentenced to 11,196 years, 10 months, and 15 days in prison. He purportedly absconded with more than $2 billion in cryptocurrency belonging to more than 400,000 customers. The court found his crypto trading platform to be a criminal...
Turkish Crypto Exchange Thodex CEO Receives 11,196-Year Jail Term for Fraud and Money Laundering
8.9.2023
Faruk Fatih Ozer, the founder and former CEO of Thodex, a prominent Turkish cryptocurrency exchange, has been handed 11,196-year prison sentence for fraud and other crimes, Bloomberg reproted.
Ozer was convicted on various charges, including fraud, leading a criminal organization, and money...
Turkish crypto exchange Thodex CEO gets 11,000-year sentence for $2B scam: Report
8.9.2023
The Thodex founder fled the country in 2021 only to be detained in Albania in Aug. 2022 and extradited to Turkey in April 2023
Binance Executives for Russia and Eastern Europe Leave Top Exchange
8.9.2023
Two Binance executives responsible for the crypto giant’s operations in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet space have left the company. The departures come at a time when the leading crypto exchange finds itself under persisting regulatory pressure and is considering leaving sanctioned Russia....
11,196 Years Jail Sentence for Faruk Özer, CEO of Collapsed Turkish Crypto Exchange Thodex
8.9.2023
Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder of the collapsed Turkish crypto exchange Thodex, his sister Serap Özer and his brother Güven Özer have been sentenced to 11,196 years, 10 months and 15 days in prison