The Israeli Ministries of Defense and Justice and a number of intelligence and enforcement agencies collaborated, Chainalysis also pitched in.
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Top Indian Banker Says US Dollar Has ‘Disproportionate Power’ as Reserve Currency; Retracts ‘Biggest Financial Terrorist’ Remark
Uday Kotak, the CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, a financial institution based in India, recently expressed his view on the dominance of the U.S. dollar in global financial markets. Kotak stated that the U.S. dollar has “disproportionate power” as a reserve currency, retracting his previous statement in which he referred to the currency as the […]Powered by WPeMatico
The feds must rein in crypto-financed terrorism
Government should develop Know Your Customer procedures for social media and messaging services and take stronger measures to track cryptocurrency transactions.
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Central Bank of Cuba Introduces Specific Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulation
The Cuban government has issued new regulations concerning the operation of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in the country. In an official resolution, the Bank of Cuba establishes specific procedures that these individuals or companies must follow to operate legally in the country, after establishing a general framework in August. Bank of Cuba Clarifies Rules […]Powered by WPeMatico
Israel reportedly adopts new AML rules for crypto
The Israeli government is now reportedly in the process of reviewing several crypto firms to issue operating licenses.
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US State Department offers up to $10 million in crypto rewards to white hat hackers
The United States is offering crypto assets to incentivize white-hat hackers to uncover state-sponsored actors and potential terrorists on the dark web.
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Satoshi Versus the ‘Infrastructure Bill’ — Political Permission Not Required
When Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin white paper in October 2008, it likely wasn’t with the idea that governments and central banks needed to recognize, adopt, and regulate Bitcoin for everyone’s benefit. To the contrary, if anything can be taken away from that document and the message encoded in the genesis block, it’s that centralized […]Powered by WPeMatico
Congress worries crypto used to fund domestic terrorism, Capitol insurrection
U.S. Congress subcommittee says that bank reporting methods led to Capitol attack arrests but worries that Bitcoin might have helped fund the insurrection.
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US federal court calls NSA’s mass phone data collection illegal
A U.S. circuit court has concluded its review of a terrorism financing case that begin in 2010, saying that the NSA’s phone tapping was illegal but that it was a minor part of the evidence.
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House Dems Request Trump Admin. Briefing on Crypto Seized From Terrorists
The information will be used to develop regulation aimed at tackling the illicit use of cryptocurrencies.
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