Currency.com Accused of Exploiting KYC to Withhold Customer Funds

Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Transaction (KYT) are ostensibly deployed by exchanges to combat money laundering. In practice, these provisions are used as an excuse to surveil, cajole, and threaten customers, who risk losing funds if they are unable to meet the impossibly high burden of proof. An investigation by news.Bitcoin.com suggests that … Read more

Regulatory Roundup: Trump’s Cryptocurrency Proposals, IRS Changes Rule, China Quarantines Cash

In this roundup, we cover numerous cryptocurrency regulatory developments in the U.S., including President Trump’s crypto proposals, testimonies by the Federal Reserve chairman and the Treasury secretary, a crypto-friendly SEC proposal, and the IRS changing a crypto tax rule. We also cover China quarantining yuan bills, its central bank filing 84 digital currency patents, 40 … Read more

XRP Price Analysis for February, 18th – XRP Falling Sped Down

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex By Tuesday, February 18th, the XRP rate has stabilized after a series of declining. The cryptocurrency is generally trading at $0.2915. On H4, the quotations remain in the ascending channel. They have tested the support level of the channel, hinting on an attempt to form another impulse of … Read more