OKX Takes Action: Accounts Involving Tornado Cash To Be Banned
The cryptocurrency exchange OKX has announced a firm policy banning accounts linked to the questionable mixing service Tornado Cash in an attempt to prevent illicit activity and promote compliance with...
View ArticleCrypto Money Laundering Plummets By 29% In Latest Chainalysis Findings
According to a recent report published by crypto analytics firm Chainalysis, money laundering involving crypto assets has experienced a notable decline compared to the previous year. However, the...
View ArticleFiat – Not Crypto – Still The Top Choice For Financial Crimes, US Treasury Says
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...
View ArticleDiscord Planned To Integrate Ethereum. Huge Backlash Made Them Cancel Everything
At least Discord knows where it’s standing now. And, with this story, we know how early into the cryptocurrency game we all are. And how misunderstood all of this is by the general public. Discord’s...
View ArticleDIY Bitcoin ATM Money Launderer Pleads Guilty
A man who created his own Bitcoin ATM has pleaded guilty of money laundering and related crimes. Kunal Kalra, a resident of Westwood, California, used his machine and other means to clean as much as...
View ArticleGlobal System to Combat Crypto-Driven Money Laundering in Development
Regulators across the globe and in the United States are taking a tougher stance on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies ever since the news broke that Facebook would be launching a crypto asset of their...
View ArticleAlleged Silk Road Drug Dealer Arrested For Using Bitcoin For Money Laundering
Silk Road, a dark web drug market founded by Ross Ulbricht under the pseudonymous nickname “Dread Pirate Roberts” has had a critical impact on Bitcoin. While it’s associated with the dark web...
View ArticleSpanish Police: Bitcoin ATMs Highlight Flaws in EU Money Laundering Rules
Following a Spanish investigation into a gang’s recently-busted money laundering operation, the nation’s police force claim to have exposed gaps in the European Union’s regulations designed to prevent...
View ArticleInsanity: Ethereum Wallet Pays Nearly $575,000 in Fees to Transfer $25 in ETH
Strange things occur in the cryptocurrency market. Prices spike following negative news, and positive news is met with a strong sell-off. Cryptocurrency exchange founders are accused of faking their...
View ArticleCrypto Mixer Helix Founder Sentenced For Laundering $300 Million In Bitcoin
Larry Dean Harmon of Ohio was officially sentenced Friday for running the darknet crypto mixer Helix over allegations that he had processed over $300 million worth of crypto tokens from 2014 to 2017....
View ArticleDIY Bitcoin ATM Money Launderer Pleads Guilty
A man who created his own Bitcoin ATM has pleaded guilty of money laundering and related crimes. Kunal Kalra, a resident of Westwood, California, used his machine and other means to clean as much as...
View ArticleGlobal System to Combat Crypto-Driven Money Laundering in Development
Regulators across the globe and in the United States are taking a tougher stance on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies ever since the news broke that Facebook would be launching a crypto asset of their...
View ArticleAlleged Silk Road Drug Dealer Arrested For Using Bitcoin For Money Laundering
Silk Road, a dark web drug market founded by Ross Ulbricht under the pseudonymous nickname “Dread Pirate Roberts” has had a critical impact on Bitcoin. While it’s associated with the dark web...
View ArticleSpanish Police: Bitcoin ATMs Highlight Flaws in EU Money Laundering Rules
Following a Spanish investigation into a gang’s recently-busted money laundering operation, the nation’s police force claim to have exposed gaps in the European Union’s regulations designed to prevent...
View ArticleInsanity: Ethereum Wallet Pays Nearly $575,000 in Fees to Transfer $25 in ETH
Strange things occur in the cryptocurrency market. Prices spike following negative news, and positive news is met with a strong sell-off. Cryptocurrency exchange founders are accused of faking their...
View ArticleAre Bitcoin ATMs Driving Adoption, Criminality, or Consumerism?
The number of Bitcoin ATMs around the world continues to grow each year. For many, this signals a surging demand for real-world locations to trade Bitcoin – a sure sign of growing adoption, at least on...
View ArticleAnother Plus One For Crypto: Morgan Stanley Fined For Failing to Detect Money...
Major banks are often spewing anti-crypto rhetoric over its potential to be used for money laundering. So it is a little ironic when one of the world’s largest banks gets fined for not doing enough to...
View ArticleReported Crypto Laundering Cases in Japan Reach 6,000, Eight Times Higher...
The National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan has estimated that there were around 6,000 cases of suspected money laundering relating to crypto in the nation in the first three quarters of 2018. This...
View ArticleBitcoin is Criminal Money Says the Media While Deutsche Bank Gets Raided for...
Deutsche Bank has been raided today on the suspicion of money laundering. The German institution was stormed by 170 officials and, weirdly enough, no Bitcoin was found on the scene. Deutsche Bank...
View ArticleEx-Fed Chair Yellen Rants Against Bitcoin: “I Am Not a Fan”
Janet Yellen, former Chair of the Federal Reserve, shared her dislike of Bitcoin in a five-minute speech at CFA Montreal. The ex-central banker mentioned its little transactional volume, connection to...
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