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U.S. Treasury’s former key undersecretary, Sigal Mandelker, has joined the board of advisors of major crypto analytics firm, Chainalysis.
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Terrorism is a term that is used to describe acts of violence in order to create fear within large masses of people to achieve some political, religious, financial or ideological purpose. Terrorism is performed both in the domestic territories of terrorists and on the international level. Terrorism is funded for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, terrorism is funded to destabilize the political situation in a country for some geopolitical reason by other countries. Terrorism is also funded by protection racketing, kidnapping for ransom, fraud and robbery. Sympathizers of terrorism often use cryptocurrency and Bitcoin, in particular, to cover any traces of funding. Bitcoin terrorism financing is an important issue for many governments and is a major issue in regard to Bitcoin regulation policies. Although the scale of terrorism financing via Bitcoin may be exaggerated, some authorities see it as too risky to remain inactive.
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A news website for the jihadist movement associated with ISIS has adopted Monero donations after having taken donations in Bitcoin for three years.
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Telegram’s digital resistance in Russia will contribute to further anti-censorship efforts in countries like China and Iran, Pavel Durov says.
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Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media has officially lifted the ban on Telegram.
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The Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research has been tracking transactions made by local terror groups.
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Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has debunked several high-profile stories about the use of crypto to fund terror groups.
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A man who enforced anti-money laundering under two U.S. presidents has been named the CEO of the Libra Association.
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U.S. ISIS supporter gets 13-year sentence for funding the terrorist organization using cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin back in 2017.
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Adam Todd, CEO at Digitex Futures Exchange, reveals that the exchange will completely take down all KYC as of April 2020 in response to earlier data leakage.
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The oil industry is facing some big challenges, and experts think blockchain could be the solution.
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Cryptocurrency darknet proves to be resilient in a new report, yet over 99% of cryptocurrency transactions are legal.
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Deribit, a crypto futures and options exchange moving from the Netherlands to Panama to avoid new E.U. regulations, has clarified its new AML policy.
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Britain’s tax agency is inviting contract applications for a tech tool to help combat crypto tax evasion.
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A militant group with ties to the Iranian regime and Hamas — the de facto ruling authority of the Gaza Strip in Palestine — is allegedly upping its Bitcoin fundraising activities.
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A new study by Chainalysis finds that terrorists are refining their financing operations using cryptocurrency.
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