Discussions around illicit activity, such as money laundering and terror financing, will take center stage at the upcoming House Financial Services Committee hearing.
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Elliptic, the firm which The Wall Street Journal sourced the data from, said it was pleased to see the news outlet acknowledge its mistakes.
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The letter was signed by crypto opponents and many lawmakers who had been neutral on crypto until now.
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The stablecoin issuer freezes addresses containing $873,000 USDT linked to illicit activity in Israel and Ukraine.
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The crypto Travel Rule, which came into effect on Sept. 1, aims to stop money laundering and terrorist financing activities carried out on-chain.
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The United Nations body called on all member states to implement the Travel Rule “without delay” to close “loopholes” not currently protected by regulation.
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Qatar has been told by the Financial Action Task Force to improve its “understanding of more complex forms” of financial crime.
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The UK financial watchdog has received 300 crypto firm registration applications but has approved only 41 applicants.
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A “close look” is being taken at money laundering and terror financing laws by FinCEN as it asked banking sector players for feedback on DeFi’s crime risks.
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Cash and hawala remain the “predominant methods of terror financing,” according to a UN official. However, “advanced” terror organizations are turning to cryptocurrencies.
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National security experts have raised the alarm bells over the IS-NEWS #01 NFT, which is being seen as the first case of an NFT created and shared by a “terrorist sympathizer.”
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The Israeli government has confiscated 30 crypto wallets from a small exchange based in Gaza, where the Hamas militant group has bolstered its military.
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MASAK found Binance Turkey guilty of violating the Law on Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime, also known as the AML Law.
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Crypto industry leaders need to self-regulate before public officials decide to take on the task themselves.
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The decentralized, disintermediated and borderless blockchain networks challenge regulators, but DeFi is the future of finance.
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