South Korea imposed a complete ban on domestic ICO fundraising in September 2017, but a couple of MPs are now spearheading a campaign for introducing regulations to unfreeze the sector.
Binance Holdings Ltd, along with its founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao and senior executive Guangying Chen, has been named in a federal lawsuit for knowingly allowing transactions that enabled Hamas to support and carry out the Oct. 7 attack…
Ethiopia’s Financial Intelligence Service is preparing to regulate virtual currencies, despite their ongoing ban in the country. As initially reported by The Reporter Ethiopia, Ethiopia’s Financial Intelligence Service has announced that preparations are underway to regulate virtual currencies, despite their…
A United States resident has been sentenced to over 30 years in prison for sending cryptocurrency to support the Islamic State terrorist organization. Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, a 35-year-old from Springfield, Virginia, was handed a sentence of 30 years and four…
The U.S. Department of Justice has seized approximately $201,400 in cryptocurrency linked to Hamas. This seizure was part of a terrorist financing operation that laundered over $1.5 million in virtual currency since October 2024, according to the DOJ. According to…
North America remains the largest source of extremist crypto donations, but Europe’s rapid growth demonstrates shifting regional dynamics, analysts alarm. Extremist groups worldwide are increasingly relying on crypto, with Europe seeing a concerning rise in activity, U.S.-based blockchain analytics firm…
A teenager from East London allegedly offered his expertise on cryptocurrency and cybersecurity to the terrorist groups Al Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban. According to a report by the Standard, a 16-year-old boy from East London has been charged with…
OFAC designated social media news outlet Gaza Now and its founder Mustafa Ayash for crypto fundraising efforts aimed at supporting Hamas. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) alongside the U.K.’s Office of Foreign Sanctions…