Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has warned the public about crypto investments that seem “too good to be true.” Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury Department says that the recent crypto...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns crypto is a “very risky investment,” adding that she would not recommend it to most people who are saving for retirement. However, Yellen noted that Congress could restrict the type of...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
and cryptocurrency mixing service, Blender.io has been by the United States Treasury Department.
The startup which helps facilitate private cryptocurrency transactions was added to the list as investigations showed that it was used by the North...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued its first-ever sanctions on a crypto mixer. The mixing service was used by Lazarus Group to process illicit proceeds from the $620 million crypto heist of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has added three ethereum addresses to its Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List (SDN). OFAC alleges the ether addresses are controlled by the Lazarus Group, a cybercrime group that is assoc...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 2 years ago
Fiat, a government-issued currency, is still the best choice of financial criminals.
Concerns have always centered on the possibility of crypto assets being used for nefarious reasons, however the US Treasury department just released something that...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The U.S. Department of the Treasury does not see that cryptocurrency could be used in a large-scale way to evade sanctions. “Its share as a medium for illicit finance is not anywhere as large as just using cash,” a senior Treasu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is launching a cryptocurrency awareness program. “We’re just trying to raise awareness without trying to stamp out new technology and new innovation,” said an official of the Treasury....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Fears of a recession and a 1970s-style stagflation economy continue to grip Wall Street and investors this week, as multiple reports show that recession signals have intensified. With oil and commodity prices surging, Reuters reports that investors a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the Treasury Department is monitoring Russian efforts to evade sanctions using cryptocurrency. Four U.S. senators have written to Yellen raising concerns about Russia using cryptocurrency as a channel to circ...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The United States is making sure that Russian sanctions remain tightly in place and prevent Russia from taking any refuge from cryptocurrencies and use these to advance its goals.
According to people with firsthand knowledge of the situation, the Bid...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago
On January 26, 2022, eleven US representatives wrote to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in response to the Infrastructure Investment in Jobs Act’s definition of a “broker”, which they claimed was not fairly applicable to the nature of work carried...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The U.S. treasury department has warned that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) may present new illicit finance risks. According to industry estimates, the NFT market could reach $35 billion in 2022 and more than $80 billion by 2025.
NFTs May Present Illici...