All VASPs registered in the EU before 2025 must comply with MiCA requirements this year. Predictions suggest many will not be able to do so.
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Estonia is serving as an example of how smaller nations can use technology to punch above their weight and enhance their economic and political standing.
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Crypto firms are only subject to AML regulation in Estonia, but a new bill would bring Estonia into conformity with MiCA.
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Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko face 18 charges in the United States and long prison terms for allegedly making HashFlare a Ponzi scheme.
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Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko are suspected in a $575 million fraud case, but they can’t be exposed to U.S. detention conditions.
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The Estonia-based firm noted that only one plaintiff in the class action lawsuit is actually based in Colorado, where the suit was filed.
5753 - Investigation
A crypto exchange claiming $1.7 billion in daily trades on its website and $1.4 billion in daily trading volume on CoinMarketCap had reportedly displayed false license data.
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Hackers attempted to infiltrate CoinsPaid infrastructure directly starting in March 2023 but switched their approach to targeting individuals through fake high-salary job offers.
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Estonia’s money laundering regulator highlighted a number of issues it found within local crypto firms, such as dodgy execs and nonsensical business plans.
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Bit4You suspended operations on April 26 amid a CoinLoan insolvency investigation by Estonian regulators.
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A bitter dispute between Paxful's co-founders in Delaware courts may have led to the crypto marketplace's sudden closure.
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The Nordics remain a cold place for crypto, but Estonia still leads as the public blockchain adopter.
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The country decided to act in advance of upcoming EU regulations that could effectively ban noncustodial wallets.
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The new guidelines reportedly expand the definition of Virtual Asset Service Providers to include DApps, ICOs and related services.
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About 400 crypto businesses in Estonia still hold licenses after the state revoked nearly 2,000 licenses last year.
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