2020-8-1 18:24 |
Russia's president signed the first of two bills on digital assets into law on Friday.
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On Friday, Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, signed one of the two digital assets bills into law, Russian media outlet RIA reports. The new law was passed by Russia’s parliament, Duma, last week and states that firms can provide virtual securities on blockchain platforms provided they are well registered with the country’s central bank, Bank of […]
2020-7-31 22:04 | |
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Two teams of lawyers have filed competing motions to lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Block-one, the company behind the cryptocurrency EOS for selling unregistered assets in violation of federal securities laws, reported Reuters.
2020-6-12 19:22 | |
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Two US-based law firms are the latest victims of the REvil malware group, which is auctioning off their sensitive data.
2020-6-9 23:12 | |
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Earlier this week, a federal judge ordered a case against Ripple and its CEO Bradley Garlinghouse be consolidated with a class action led by Bradley Sostack. In civil law, consolidation involves the merger of two or more cases that are similar in nature in order to optimize the judicial resources.
2020-5-29 17:06 | |
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The United States is threatening China with fresh sanctions over the new security law imposed in Hong Kong. As relations between the two countries sour, Bitcoin could benefit from an... The post US-China Tensions and Bitcoin on the Rise appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-5-29 15:16 | |
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A court in Shanghai, China, has reportedly ruled that bitcoin is an asset protected by Chinese law in a case that has dragged on for years. The case involves a theft of two different cryptocurrencies, one being bitcoin, from an American.
2020-5-10 23:05 | |
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Hester Peirce's safe harbor proposal would benefit from greater protections for token holders, say two law professors.
2020-2-19 22:41 | |
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Hacker group demanded two $933,000 ransoms for restoring and not published the data of five compromised U.S. law firms
2020-2-4 01:05 | |
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New York, the financial capital of the world, is also becoming the capital of blockchain litigation activity, according to a financial services law firm Murphy & McGonigle report. Two Times More Blockchain Cases Than Any Other Venue Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology are increasingly attracting the attention of large law firms all over the world.
2020-1-24 23:00 | |
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The publication of crypto exchange Kraken’s 2019 Transparency Report has provoked discussion about the scale of government surveillance. According to the report, Kraken received 710 requests last year (or two per day), impacting approximately 1,222 accounts.
2020-1-8 04:30 | |
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The State of Virginia might adopt a blockchain based voting system within the next two years if a bill that was recently pre-filed is passed. This newly proposed bill seeks to determine the use case of blockchain in voter record security and cost efficiency in Virginia’s elections.
2020-1-7 16:11 | |
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China adopts crypto law two months after official approval as digital currency plans continue to evolve
2020-1-2 18:30 | |
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Maksim Zaslavskiy, who ran two fraudulent ICO projects, received a year and a half-long prison sentence this Monday which made his case one of the first ones to apply federal securities law on cryptocurrency.
2019-11-20 14:00 | |
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Around a year or two ago this time, it would’ve been laughable to suggest that China is going to become a global center for fintech innovation. Yet here we are today. China just passed a law regarding data encryption and cryptography that is set to be implemented in early 2020.
2019-10-28 16:00 | |
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Wyoming Blockchain Coalition president Caitlin Long says two new laws will further protect blockchain developers as well as privacy of wallet keys
2019-9-30 12:54 | |
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Since the birth of the Silk Road, there’s been a cat and mouse game between global law enforcement and darknet market (DNM) operators. Over the last two years, law enforcement agencies have knocked out a slew of markets like Hansa and the massive Alphabay.
2019-9-9 22:00 | |
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Amazon’s Ring has finally come clean about its partnership with law enforcement agencies in the US. The doorbell-camera company — which was acquired by the retail giant in February 2018 — disclosed that it has inked deals with 407 agencies to “facilitate conversations around crime and safety among all members of the community.
2019-8-29 14:21 | |
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After two years, a much-hyped consortium of bankers and legislators has proposed that the Indian government completely ban public cryptocurrencies (like Bitcoin). Newsflash: Indian Regulators Officially Propose Total Cryptocurrency Ban https://t.
2019-7-24 12:22 | |
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Anyone who has ever heard of the darknet will know most vendors will get arrested sooner or later. This situation will not change either, as more and more law enforcement agencies are focusing their efforts on bringing these criminals to justice.
2019-6-29 05:00 | |
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Following the sentencing of Thomas White, the founder of the Silk Road 2 (SR2) marketplace during the first week of April, another SR2 administrator may evade prosecution. According to reports, SR2 admin Blake Benthall cooperated with global law enforcement and may only face fines for avoiding taxes.
2019-6-1 19:10 | |
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U. S. citizen Morgan Rockcoons has been sentenced to fines and prison time for running unlicensed money exchange services on LocalBitcoins. Advertising himself on the peer-to-peer bitcoin trading network, Rockcoons made more than 1,000 transactions with hundreds of different users.
2019-6-1 18:55 | |
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Today’s Ripple (XRP) News There are two things that are unique about Ripple Inc. Their core objective is to roll out solutions that advance efficiency as well as cost savings. The second differentiator is of course their will to collaborate with the “system”, that is law makers and regulators, from the jurisdiction they operate from. […]
2019-5-22 18:33 | |
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In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants.
2019-5-18 22:14 | |
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By CCN: Kraken is not pleased with the way Canadian regulators propose to go about governing crypto trading platforms. In a sternly written paper to the Canadian Securities Administrators and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, the crypto exchange explained its gripes.
2019-5-18 21:50 | |
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By CCN: An Australian woman who faked cancer and duped people into buying her products, Belle Gibson, may have used the proceeds of her fraudulent scheme to trade crypto among other assets. This emerged after she appeared in court over her failure to pay a $285,000 (AUD$410,000) fine, per The Guardian.
2019-5-15 17:02 | |
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By CCN: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has busted several people accused of running the Deep Dot Web, a website that provides access to illegal dark web marketplaces and websites. According to several reports, the feds worked in partnership with Europol and law enforcement authorities in Germany and the Netherlands over a period of two years, before making a number of arrests in Israel, Germany, France, Netherlands and Brazil.
2019-5-10 12:18 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Wall Street Market, the second-largest darknet market in the world in recent months, has been shut down by international law enforcement agencies, including Europol as well as U.
2019-5-4 22:03 | |
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By CCN. com: The U. S. Justice Department has nabbed one of two crypto fraudsters accused of a shadow banks scheme that entailed the processing of hundreds of millions of dollars of unregulated transactions on behalf of several cryptocurrency exchanges.
2019-5-1 11:35 | |
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Major darknet markets come and go in eras, so it seems, and the current one may be ending. Two of the biggest digital black markets seem to be disappearing, both at the same time.
2019-4-27 21:17 | |
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just launched a podcast the same day that his company issued its latest quarterly earnings report. But if you’ve been following his public posts on the social network over the few months, you’ve probably already heard the first two episodes.
2019-4-25 08:43 | |
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Andrei Poliakov is the CEO and co-founder of Coinberry, one of Canada’s premier digital currency platforms. His company is the first in Canada to partner with a government municipality.
2019-4-23 17:42 | |
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Law enforcers from around the globe seem to finally be getting up to speed with tackling cryptocurrency crimes. But it seems the lure of Bitcoin is still too much for some, even for those that should be protecting citizens from cyber-criminals.
2019-4-23 15:14 | |
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau within the U. S. Department of the Treasury, has imposed its first-ever penalty on a peer-to-peer crypto exchange for violating AML regulations, among other violations.
2019-4-20 23:38 | |
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“A statement may be both true and dangerous. The previous sentence is such a statement. ” - David Friedman Freedom of speech is a topic that many internet communities have struggled with over the last two decades.
2019-4-19 04:03 | |
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The political spectrum is usually divided into four main categories: libertarian left, authoritarian left, libertarian right and authoritarian right. Those on the left prefer a more controlled economy, while those on the right have a preference for free markets.
2019-4-16 22:26 | |
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reportedly urged some funds to change their ETFs descriptions to remove “blockchain” to comply with the law
2019-4-15 15:42 | |
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Bitcoin trader Jacob Burrell Campos was sentenced on April 8, 2019, to serve a two-year prison sentence and to forfeit more than $800,000 “for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
2019-4-13 18:54 | |
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It’s been a long and winding road with many twists and turns for the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX and its 115,000 former users who are owed roughly $190 million.
2019-4-10 17:39 | |
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Bitcoin users have often been a target for law enforcement agencies and governments. In the United States, that scrutiny is even bigger compared to most other countries around the world. One 22-year-old Bitcoin trader has now been sentenced to two years in prison and forfeiting financial assets for trading and selling Bitcoin in an unlicensed […] The post Unlicensed Bitcoin Reseller Obtaining BTC from Bitfinex Faces Two-year Prison Sentence appeared first on NullTX.
2019-4-10 11:16 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an investment contract framework for digital assets, which is intended to give crypto companies guidance as to whether a cryptocurrency is a security.
2019-4-4 22:02 | |
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The Hong Kong-based crypto exchange, Gatecoin, initiated liquidation process and will soon cease powers of its directors, according to a document obtained by The Block. According to the document drafted by Hong Kong-based law firm Borrelli Walsh, two representatives from the law firm were appointed as liquidators for the entire process by the High Court of Hong Kong Special […] The post Gatecoin begins liquidation process; directors’ power soon to cease following liquidators’ appointment appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-3-30 23:30 | |
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Two very contrasting events took place in Russia lower house parliament last week. In the first, the State Duma approved the international use of a Swift-like financial network to eliminate the risks of western sanctions.
2019-3-24 11:50 | |
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A bill proposed by the Texas legislature will require that all receivers of cryptocurrency in regular transactions verify the identity of the cryptocurrency sender before accepting any payment.
2019-3-12 01:04 | |
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Activist group Blockchain Advocacy Coalition (BAC) has sponsored a bill in California’s 19th State Assembly District, set to allow legal cannabis businesses in the district to pay their state taxes using cryptocurrency.
2019-3-1 20:16 | |
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When Coinbase acquired Neutrino for an unspecified amount in February 2019, the news looked like business as usual: A cryptocurrency juggernaut had made another acquisition.
2019-3-1 17:19 | |
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The New Zealand-based crypto asset exchange Cryptopia has made their assessment of a January hack, claiming that up to 9. 4 percent of all their assets were stolen.
2019-2-28 20:50 | |
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According to an official statement published on February 25, 2019, Bitfinex has revealed that the United States government returned 27. 7 BTC (worth about $105,000 USD) to the exchange, as part of restitution for a hack that was effected on the exchange back in 2016.
2019-2-26 02:39 | |
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Turkey and India advanced crypto policies on May 16 that could create a framework for businesses and investors operating in each country. Reuters reported that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) wants multiple regulators to oversee crypto trading in the country.
The US Senate voted in favor of repealing the SEC’s Staff Bulletin 121 (SAB 121) on May 16. In all, 60 Senators voted in favor of HJ Res. 109, a resolution to overturn the bulletin, while 38 Senators voted against it.
US lawmaker Wiley Nickel has urged the Gary Gensler-led Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to repeal the Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (SAB 121) before the impending Senate vote. SAB 121 requires financial institutions custodying crypto to hold these assets on their balance sheets.
Quick Take Bitcoin’s recent surge to $65,000, a level last seen on May 6, has sparked significant volatility in the digital assets market. Bitcoin has now seen a roughly 15% rally from the lows of May 1.
Dutch court convicts Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev of laundering $1.2 billion, setting the stage for a significant impact on privacy in decentralized finance. The post Dutch court finds Tornado Cash dev Alexey Pertsev guilty of laundering $1.2B appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
US senators Ron Wyden and Cynthia Lummis sent a letter to the DOJ questioning if services like Samourai Wallet meet the definition of money transmitters under current laws and guidance. The post Senators question DOJ for ‘unprecedented interpretation’ over Samourai Wallet and Tornado Cash appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry said new legislation that will give the crypto industry greater clarity regarding regulatory oversight is set for a potential House floor vote by the end of May.