Representative French Hill challenged aspects of a bill amending the Bank Secrecy Act, implying that requirements would be impossible to apply to crypto miners and validators.
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Palestinian militant groups, including Hamas, still prefer “traditional products and services,” says U.S. Treasury official Brian Nelson.
6376Two former hostages and families of victims killed in the Oct. 7 attacks are seeking damages from Binance, Iran and Syria.
9420No specific crypto addresses were listed in the sanctions, which included members of the Shamlakh family and the Herzallah Exchange.
3542The request comes after the U.K.’s top terrorism legislation advisor was “recruited” by AI chatbots posing as terrorists on the Character.AI platform.
16257Senator Elizabeth Warren isn’t leading the charge on this bill linking crypto transactions to terrorism; it comes from Senators Mitt Romney, Mark Warner, Mike Rounds and Jack Reed.
3283Reports on crypto funding terrorism and blockchain forensics were confusing, but everyone agreed on the need for collaboration and regulation.
28186The Campaign for Accountability wanted to let the anti-crypto senators know that the threat of terrorist financing with crypto was worse than they thought.
11178U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis and Representative French Hill urged the Justice Department to take “swift action” against Binance and Tether over facilitating funds for Hamas.
7135The government department warned virtual asset service providers and other financial institutions to “identify and report suspicious transactions” related to terrorist groups.
2850The organization is a collective of Israeli Web3 community members and international companies striving to alleviate suffering in the south of Israel.
2027The Blockchain Association and Crypto Council for Innovation said Hamas had reportedly stopped using Bitcoin, as authorities could more easily track funds.
27092According to the U.S. Treasury, federally designated terrorist groups including Hamas, ISIS and an al-Qaeda affiliate used the Buy Cash Money and Money Transfer Company to transfer funds.
1833The stablecoin issuer freezes addresses containing $873,000 USDT linked to illicit activity in Israel and Ukraine.
11706The Israeli ministries of defense and justice and a number of intelligence and enforcement agencies collaborated; Chainalysis also pitched in.
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