Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Earlier this month, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a ban on Tornado Cash, a crypto privacy tool that mixes funds of different users to hide original source of crypto funds. The authority alleged the mixer firm for helping bad actors to laund...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The changing geopolitical and economic environment, as well as persisting differences between responsible government institutions, are hindering the advance of legislation tailored to regulate cryptocurrency mining in Russia. According to a report qu...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 1 year ago
US Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN) wants answers from the Treasury Department over the sanctions the agency imposed on Tornado Cash.
In a letter addressed to Treasury’s Janet Yellen on Tuesday, Rep. Emmer highlighted his take on the sanctions, not...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen regarding the sanctions imposed on the Ethereum decentralized exchange Tornado Cash. The government official called the measures “unprecedented” as they targeted a tec...
by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
In case you've been living under a rock, some backstory: About two weeks ago the US government issued OFAC sanctions against an Eth smart contract called Tornadocash that is basically a coin tumbler, used to hide the source of your crypto. US per...
More / Etherum Reddit - 1 year ago
Right now, ETH dapps are censoring addresses (on the front-end for now), while miners like EtherMine are choosing which transactions to include in their blocks, so that they dont inadvertently include TC transactions. All of these are to comply with...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
American blockchain analysis firm, Chainalysis, has released a detailed report on how over $2 million in cryptocurrency donations have been used to fund the Russian-wing of the war in Ukraine (Read More)
by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
tldr; The US Treasury Department suspects that crypto exchange Kraken has violated sanctions by allowing users from Iran, Syria, and Cuba to trade digital tokens. The OFAC is likely to impose a fine on Kraken as a result of the federal investigation...
by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
tldr; Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is under federal investigation for potential violation of US sanctions by allowing users in Iran and elsewhere to buy and sell digital tokens, according to reports. The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Kraken is among the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges which is currently undergoing a federal investigation. The crypto exchange has been suspected of violating U.S sanctions by allowing users in Iran to trade cryptocurrencies.
This alle...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is under federal investigation for potential violation of U.S. sanctions by allowing users in Iran and elsewhere to purchase and sell digital tokens, the New York Times reported citing sources familiar with the matter....
Cryptocoins News / EthereumWorldNews - 1 year ago
Kraken is being investigated by the US Treasury Department.
The exchange is suspected to have allegedly permitted Iranian users to access its crypto services.
Kraken, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges, is under investigation for alleg...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 1 year ago
On Tuesday, a newly published report details that the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is under federal investigation for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions, according to five people familiar with the matter. The unknown sources explained that th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
On Tuesday, a newly published report details that the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is under federal investigation for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions, according to five people familiar with the matter. The unknown sources explained that the inqu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, is reportedly investigating crypto exchange Kraken for allegedly allowing users based in Iran and other countries to buy and sell crypto — a potential violation of U....
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 1 year ago
Kraken is allegedly being investigated over violation of US sanctions on Iran, sources said in a report published by the New York Times.
US-based cryptocurrency Kraken is reportedly under federal investigation over what sources say are violations re...
by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
U.S. Treasury via O.F.A.C. - "we've been bored so we got 5 people (who won't ID themselves because they fear retribution by your exchange, because you clearly are a tyrant) - to rat on you and we need about $300 Million because the people in the US...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 1 year ago
Despite the United States government’s sanctions still in effect on supplying it with the necessary equipment, China’s flagship manufacturer of chips used in mining Bitcoin (BTC) has reportedly made a cutting-edge breakthrough in its semicond...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
tldr; Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, continued to serve Iranian customers despite a company ban and economic penalties on Iran, according to a Reuters report. This runs counter to Binance’s statements that it stopped serv...
Cryptocoins Exchanges / Binance - 1 year ago
A recent report from Reuters is yet again indicting Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform.
The report said the exchange permitted Iranian users to trade on its platform after the United States reimposed sanctions on the count...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance is under the spotlight as a report claims it continued serving Iranian clients despite a company ban and economic sanctions against the country.
According to an investigative report from Reuters, individuals in...