Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 1 year ago
DOJ’s national security division is investigating Binance.
Binance is accused of enabling Russians to circumvent US sanctions.
The inquiry is focusing on both Binance and its officials.
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency by trading volume, i...
Cryptocoins News / EthereumWorldNews - 1 year ago
The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly probing Binance for potential violation of sanctions imposed on Russia. The DoJ’s national security division is investigating the exchange’s officials to determine if sanctions were evaded. The exchange is a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The governments of India and Russia are considering integrating part of their payment systems, in order to counter the possible future effect of US sanctions on the capital flows of each country. The deal would include the integration of India’...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
International analysts have called out the supposed use of the national security policy of the U.S. as a tool to justify the establishment of blockades and economic sanctions against countries like China and Russia. While U.S. Treasury Secretary Jane...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Poloniex LLC, a US entity affiliated with crypto exchange Polonies, reached a settlement of $7.6 million with the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for allegations of sanctions violations.
Poloniex Settles with...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
OFAC said Poloniex allowed users in Crimea, Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria to conduct digital asset trades, deposits and withdrawals between January 2014 and November 2019....
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
U.S. law enforcement has identified three individuals who handled stolen crypto and fiat for the benefit of North Korea. The United States Treasury Department has iden...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Syrian foreign minister says the U.S. imposes sanctions on Syria and Russia to steal their assets and keep them under its hegemony. The U.S. is “the biggest beneficiary of wars and fueling global conflicts, with the aim of maintaining the d...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Russia has warned that existing and new anti-Russia sanctions imposed by the U.S. and other Western countries will lead to a global economic crisis. “Both the current sanctions that have been imposed against our country and the new additional s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Anja Manuel said U.S. sanctions generally work with “responsible” blockchain firms but not when there are fintech solutions available to individuals looking to circumvent them....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Fewer nations are willing to hold the U.S. dollar as America’s share in the global economy becomes smaller while China’s role in international trade expands, billionaire Ray Dalio noted. The founder of the world’s largest hedge fund also said that We...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Russia is in the process of negotiating a free trade deal with India in order to substitute part of the products and investments that were banned by sanctions enacted after the Ukrainian conflict erupted. Russia is now the largest oil supplier of Ind...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen talked about the dangers that sanctions based on the U.S. dollar might pose for the hegemony of the currency in international markets. According to Yellen, the government tries to use sanctions “judiciously,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The government of China protested the enactment of sanctions on a series of national companies by the U.S., barring them from doing business with U.S.-based entities for allegedly collaborating with Russia. China’s Commerce Ministry criticized the mo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Analysts have begun considering using a future BRICS currency to sidestep U.S. sanctions and the dollar’s influence in international markets. While the rise of the U.S. dollar was significant to spur an era of economic growth after World War II...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Officials of the U.S. Treasury Department will travel to Europe this month with the objective of getting more countries to apply punitive actions against Russia. The tour, which includes visits to Switzerland, Italy, and Germany, aims to stop the mat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the National Security Council of Iran, has stated that the recent bilateral cooperation efforts between his country and Russia are contributing to rendering U.S.-established sanctions useless at a global level. The officia...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
U.S. President Joe Biden decided to extend the sanctions that the U.S. government enacted against Russia for one more year, arguing that the country continues to pose a threat to the security of the nation. Biden had talked about these sanctions befo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Tucker Carlson, host of Fox News and the “Tucker Carlson Tonight” show, analyzed the situation surrounding de-dollarization movements that countries like China and Russia have promoted recently. Carlson stated that sanctions on Russia and...