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Kim Grauer, the blockchain sleuthing firm's head of research, told CoinDesk TV sanctioned activity and hacking were the driving forces behind the rise in illicit transaction volumes last year. origin »
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Earlier this month, the United States Treasury sanctioned privacy-tool Tornado Cash on allegations it helped the notorious North Korean state-sponsored hacking group, Lazarus, to launder billions in crypto stolen from multiple cryptocurrency projects.
2022-8-24 15:11 | |
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U. S Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised eyebrows Monday when he tweeted that the U. S. Treasury Department had "sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, which is a U. S. -sanctioned, DPRK state-sponsored hacking group, used by the DPRK to launder money.
2022-8-8 20:16 | |
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The US Treasury Office's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has blacklisted 20 new Bitcoin (BTC) addresses for their connection to two names from its sanctioned individuals list. As the OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list’s update says: Yinyin Tian and Jiadong Li have been involved with the Lazarus Group, infamous for hacking activities and […]
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One of Cambodia’s wealthiest businessmen has been hit with U.S. sanctions for allegedly playing a role in serious human rights abuses – including human trafficking and torture – tied to a pig butchering scam operation headquartered in the Southeast Asian country.
Last October, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) – the U. S. Treasury Department's money laundering watchdog – announced a proposal to label crypto mixers as a "primary money laundering" concern, a move that alarmed a broad swath of the crypto industry.
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic found that the online organization raised a mere $21,000 in crypto for Hamas since the October 7th attacks.
США, Великобритания и Австралия ввели санкции против гражданина России Александра Ермакова, связанного с группой хакеров REvil. Власти Соединенных Штатов считают его причастным к взлому страховой компании Medibank и требованию выкупа в криптовалюте.
Генеральный директор Tether признал проблемы, сопутствующие достоверной верификации объема резервов компании, и заверил, что они гарантированно превышают 100%. А значит стейблкоину USDT ничего не угрожает.
After a blockchain sleuth reported that the Bitcoin mining pool may have censored a transaction from an address blacklisted by U.S. authorities, critics responded, and so did the project's co-founder.
Binance is paying one of the largest fines in corporate history to the U. S. Department of Justice, while its founder and CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, stepped down from his role running the platform as part of a settlement with multiple federal agencies.