Honduras Special Economic Zone makes Bitcoin Legal Tender
Próspera - a Special Economic Zone in Honduras - has recently announced that it will recognise cryptocurrency as legal tender. This...
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FTX Releases Key Principles for Market Regulators
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has identified ten key principles they suggest should guide policy makers and regulators responsible for...
Australian Senate Crypto Report - Recommendation 1: Licensing for DCEs
The long awaited Report into Australia as a Financial and Technology Centre provides supportive policy towards a range of digital asset...
Ransomware on the run? Russian digital currency exchange tracked and sanctioned for enabling crime
Over the Counter digital currency exchange, Suex, has the dubious honour of being the first of its kind to be sanctioned by the US...
Ransom-everywhere: Chainalysis Report Shows Ransomware as Fastest Growing Crypto-related Crime
Chainanalysis recently released a mid-year update on the still small, but growing threat of ransomware. Ransomware continues to be a...
Recent AUSTRAC guidance for DCEs: review red flag indicators
If you're a registered as a registered digital currency exchange (DCE) with AUSTRAC, you'll know that amongst other obligations, you need...
Cryptocurrency education still critical
Despite Bitcoin having been created in 2009, and the recent anniversary of the first retail bitcoin transaction, which occurred on May 22...
AUSTRAC updates and guidance for Digital Currency Exchanges
In the last month, AUSTRAC has published guidance in the following areas: How to submit more effective suspicious matter reports (SMRs)...
Blockchain Week: Todd Lenfield of Chainalysis on Crypto Crime
Chainalysis' Australia Country Manager Todd Lenfield spoke at the final day of Australian #AusBlockchainWeek to discuss the challenges of...
France fighting financial criminals with required regulations for digital currency exchanges
In a press release last week, Bruno Le Maire, the French Minister of Finance, commanded all digital currency providers to enforce strict...
Chainalysis code to catch and keep captive seized digital assets
Recently, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis announced it was launching a program designed to manage and store cryptocurrency seized...
The Real becomes digital or digital becomes real? The Brazilian CBDC
The Brazilian Minister of Economic Affairs, Paulo Guedes, envisions Brazil will step into the new age through issuing its own CBDC.
Lawsuit alleges BitMEX officers 'Looted' $440M from parent company
Lawsuit alleges BitMex officers 'looted' $440M from parent company, following investigations by the CFTC and the DOJ
FinCEN issues first fines for Bitcoin mixing
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued its first-ever financial penalty against a Bitcoin mixer. FinCEN, the US...
Regulator crackdown: BitMEX hit with multiple charges
BitMEX has been hit with multiple significant claims in the US, for various breaches of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Bank Secrecy Act
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