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The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control listed two crypto addresses tied to Sinbad, a mixing service, in its latest sanctions list. origin »
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FinCEN’s 2023 proposal to require crypto companies to report transactions that involved mixing is about transparency, not banning mixers, said Brian Nelson, U.S. Treasury undersecretary.
2024-5-30 01:41 | |
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The U.S. Treasury is pushing for more authority to tackle the growing misuse of crypto by Iran, Russia, and North Korea. According to a report from Bloomberg, Deputy Secretary Adewale Adeyemo emphasized in written testimony ahead of a Senate hearing…
2024-4-9 11:49 | |
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Wally Adeyemo cited a recent settlement with crypto exchange Binance and sanctions against crypto mixer Sinbad in calling for an expansion of the U.S. Treasury’s authority.
2023-11-30 23:10 | |
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According to recent reports, the United Kingdom's His Majesty's Treasury plans to implement stringent rules for crypto assets.
2023-2-2 17:09 | |
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The Treasury Department was downbeat on crypto in two publications produced in response to the president’s executive order on digital asset development issued in March.
2022-9-17 23:39 | |
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The U.K. wants to "become the country of choice for those looking to create, innovate and build in the crypto space," the Treasury's Economic Secretary Richard Fuller said in the first Westminster crypto debate on Wednesday.
2022-9-8 19:52 | |
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Crypto markets trend upwards on better macroeconomic news. Ethereum Merge likely mid-September, and US Treasury blacklists Tornado Cash mixing service for US citizens.
2022-8-11 15:00 | |
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Crypto adoption is growing at a rapid rate, and the UK does not wish to be perceived as backward with regard to keeping up with global regulatory trends. This is especially evident in the UK Treasury’s recent Inquiry into the crypto asset industry.
2022-7-15 23:13 | |
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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to task the Biden administration and Treasury Department with monitoring crypto transactions for fear of sanctions violations. The two Treasury agencies that would do so might already have the authority they need – but not the money.
2022-3-23 20:08 | |
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On September 21, the US Treasury Department announced that it will sanction a crypto exchange for its role in facilitating financial transactions for ransomware actors. The post How do the recent U.
2021-10-4 09:28 | |
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One of the biggest stories in crypto right is the news that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) branch of the U. S. Treasury is working on cracking down on self-hosted wallets in crypto.
2021-1-2 05:00 | |
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One of the biggest stories in crypto right is the news that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) branch of the U. S. Treasury is working on cracking down on self-hosted wallets in crypto.
2021-1-3 05:00 | |
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Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Summers doesn’t buy some of the crypto community’s anarchic sentiments but agrees that they are solving a major problem.
2020-6-26 21:30 | |
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The US Treasury Department, along with important figures in the crypto industry, have met to discuss the regulatory challenges in the crypto space. On March 2nd, the Treasury made an announcement that it will be meeting with crypto experts and leaders in order to address the supervision and regulation of crypto assets. Steven Mnuchin, the […]
2020-3-4 21:33 | |
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The Office of Foreign Assets and Control (OFAC) the enforcement body of the U. S. Treasury Department, sanctioned two Chinese nationals who played a part in laundering illicit funds linked to a crypto exchange hack.
2020-3-4 20:00 | |
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The crypto industry is taking aim at one of Wall Street’s oldest redoubts: investing in the $17 trillion market for U.S. Treasury bonds.
2020-2-27 00:14 | |
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The crypto industry was given a warning in July of last year when U. S. President Donald Trump professed his disdain for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in a tweet thread, which was closely followed by comments from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who declared the lack of regulations surrounding crypto a matter of “national security.
2020-2-27 16:30 | |
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Bitcoin has pulled back from its 2020 high of $10,460 to a seven-day low of $9,517. Is this a healthy pullback or has the market reacted to news that US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says “significant” new crypto regulations are in the works?
2020-2-23 14:05 | |
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To step up action against financial crime, the White House wants to bring the U.S. Secret Service—the agency tasked with protecting the nation’s leaders and safeguarding its financial system—back to its original home in the Treasury Department.
2020-2-20 14:05 | |
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The United States government underneath President Trump has taken an aggressive approach to the crypto markets, with the President himself claiming that he is “not a fan of” Bitcoin, while the Treasury secretary claimed that the lack of regulations surrounding the nascent technology constitutes a “national security” issue.
2020-2-19 04:47 | |
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In this roundup, we cover numerous cryptocurrency regulatory developments in the U. S. , including President Trump’s crypto proposals, testimonies by the Federal Reserve chairman and the Treasury secretary, a crypto-friendly SEC proposal, and the IRS changing a crypto tax rule.
2020-2-18 15:10 | |
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Last week, the US Treasury chief Steven Mnuchin promised that harder crypto regulations were coming. BTC bull Mike Novogratz shares his take on this
2020-2-18 18:20 | |
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The US Senate Debates 2020 Budget and Global Regulations: In the meantime, across the ocean, in the United States, the Senate held a detailed analysis of the upcoming 2021 budget volume and at this event, the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was asked by senior members in what manner will the United States Treasury increase […] The post XRP Ripple Breaks Above $0.
2020-2-18 16:55 | |
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Tensions with Iran may be behind U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s cryptocurrency compliance comments on Wednesday.
2020-2-14 01:15 | |
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The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Neel Kashkari, said on Tuesday that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are “like a giant garbage dumpster. ” He would rather his one-year-old daughter have a low yielding Treasury bond than a bitcoin, emphasizing that all that’s emerging from the crypto world “is burning garbage.
2020-2-13 19:45 | |
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The Trump administration is all set to release the new regulations related to digital currencies and digital payments systems revealed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday in a Senate Finance Committee hearing.
2020-2-13 18:42 | |
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U. S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gave his testimony on cryptocurrency before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday. Mnuchin said crypto is a “crucial area” that the Treasury has spent a lot of time on.
2020-2-13 16:45 | |
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said FinCEN is preparing "significant new requirements" around cryptocurrencies to tamp down illicit activity.
2020-2-13 23:59 | |
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In the 2021 financial year budget proposed by the Trump Administration which was released early this week, it’s clear of their intention in regards to crypto regulations. They are looking to expand the treasury’s role in cryptocurrency oversights by bringing back the United States Secret Service, now under the DHS, back to its jurisdiction. The […]
2020-2-11 18:57 | |
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The White House released the Budget of the U. S. Government on Monday, outlining some proposals to increase cryptocurrency oversight which President Donald Trump views as priorities. The budget proposes giving the Treasury more power over crypto and requests funding for FinCEN to expand its efforts to combat threats including from cryptocurrency.
2020-2-12 18:35 | |
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President Trumps’ new budget for 2021 claims a consolidated Treasury and Secret Service will be more efficient in tackling cryptocurrency-enabled crime
2020-2-12 13:00 | |
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U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed 2021 budget would shift the U.S. Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security back to the Treasury Department, creating "new efficiencies" in investigations including crypto.
2020-2-11 00:30 | |
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Whale Alert records another massive crypto transfer from the Tether Treasury, but the Tether-Bitfinex CTO says its a token swap from Omni to Ethereum?s ERC20
2019-12-9 17:28 | |
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Steven Mnuchin, the US Treasury Secretary said that he and Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve Chairman, think the US doesn’t need to create a digital currency soon. This is what Mnuchin declared on Thursday, at a Washington House Financial Services Committee hearing: “Chair Powell and I have discussed this — we both agree that in […]
2019-12-6 17:59 | |
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Steven Mnuchin, secretary of the U.S. Treasury, has no issue with the launch of the Facebook-led Libra project – as long as financial rules are followed to the letter.
2019-12-6 14:15 | |
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Cryptocurrency is one of the top issues for the U. S. Treasury. Particularly, the Treasury is worried decentralized cryptocurrencies can shift some functions away from the government to the private sector and raise the issue of self-government, according to Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Justin Muzinich.
2019-11-28 18:30 | |
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The Crypto Fear and Greed Index (CFGI) shows that retails investors are extremely fearful of the massive downturn the crypto market has taken over the past week, with Mark Dow, the former economist for the US Treasury and International Monetary Fund saying on Twitter that the Bitcoin is dying during the period of the sell-off. […]
2019-11-28 01:00 | |
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Beam, a next-generation confidential cryptocurrency based on the Mimblewimble protocol, announced it has officially launched the Beam Foundation. The Foundation is funded by part of the Beam Treasury (aka Founders’ reward).
2019-11-26 14:13 | |
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Digital currencies can shift some functions usually performed by the government to the private sector, the U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary argued
2019-11-22 21:08 | |
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The number of issued USDT by the Tether Treasury exploded in the first half of 2019. However, it has since stalled alongside Bitcoin’s own price. There was much buzz earlier this year about Tether (USDT) issuances and Bitcoin’s rising price.
2019-11-20 17:56 | |
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The decision over whether to ban the sale of crypto derivative products to retail customers in the UK will be determined solely by the financial regulator. This was the message delivered by Economic Secretary to the Treasury, John Glen, in an answer to a question posed by the Member of Parliament for Shipley, Philip Davies.
2019-10-22 22:13 | |
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During a time when most of us are counting our losses after yesterday’s dip, at least one crypto whale appears to be unphased by the market situation. Just an hour ago, $3 million in USDC was minted at the USDC treasury, indicating at least one whale is bullish right now.
2019-10-17 04:18 | |
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Facebook appears to be unfazed by the unrelenting criticism and pressure that is piling on to its crypto domination aspirations. As the US Treasury Secretary waded in with more threats, another Libra Association partner bailed out, and the consortium concluded its first official meeting.
2019-10-15 12:30 | |
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The golfing analogy was not lost as Facebook gets buried deeper in the digital rough while its crypto project partners run for the hills. In an interview with CNBC yesterday, US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said they may have feared heavy regulatory pressure.
2019-10-15 09:00 | |
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Ethereum’s price action has been closely tracking that of Bitcoin and the aggregated crypto markets, but its recent downtrend may not have been simply the result of weak price action, as data suggests that ICOs have been selling a significant amount of their ETH in recent times.
2019-10-7 00:30 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) is often described as “digital gold”, but it could soon be described as “digital bonds. ” New data suggest an interesting relationship developing between Bitcoin and the yields on government-issued debt.
2019-9-25 17:54 | |
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Litecoin Foundation is set to invest its capital in another crypto lender to earn interest. According to CoinDesk, Litecoin Foundation is partnering with Celsius Network, a crypto lending firm, to become its ideal crypto wallet.
2019-9-19 23:44 | |
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The Litecoin Foundation has tapped Celsius Network, a blockchain-based crypto lending program, to become its preferred crypto wallet.
2019-9-19 20:11 | |
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400 million USDT vanished away yesterday at Tether Treasury, according to Twitter user Whale Alert. Many investors fear that a steep downtrend in Bitcoin price is just around the corner. Should We Expect a Bitcoin Crash? On September 16, the crypto community found out that Tether had burned about $400 million worth of USDT.
2019-9-18 21:00 | |
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The FBI, Japan’s National Police Agency, and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center have confirmed that North Korean-linked hackers orchestrated the May 2024 $305 million breach of the Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin.
Hyperliquid, a layer-1 decentralized leveraged trading platform, saw its total value locked (TVL) plummet by over $1 billion in the past week. This drop follows reports of suspicious activity tied to North Korean hackers.
Crypto thefts surged to $2. 2 billion in 2024, representing a 21% rise compared to the previous year. According to a Dec. 19 report by Chainalysis, this increase is closely tied to a growing wave of hacking activity, particularly by North Korean-linked cybercriminal groups.
A new postmortem report from Radiant Capital claims a North Korean state-backed hacker was behind the $50 million exploit of the protocol. The attacker impersonated a “trusted former contractor” of Radiant Capital to deploy malware via a “zipped PDF” file…
A cybersecurity firm yesterday reported that a group of notorious hackers from North Korea was able to steal $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency from users by devising a fake blockchain game. Kaspersky Lab said that the Lazarus Group took advantage of a key vulnerability in the Google Chrome browser that allowed them to drain the […]
In this week's issue of CoinDesk's weekly blockchain tech newsletter, we've got names, details and anecdotes on crypto companies' unwitting hires of North Korean developers. PLUS month-end rankings for bitcoin, ether and other digital assets in the CoinDesk 20 index during a strangely bullish September.
Indonesian crypto exchange Indodax has reportedly suffered a $20. 5 million exploit, according to blockchain security firm Cyvers. The losses were spread across multiple chains, including a $1. 4 million loss in Bitcoin and a $5 million theft on the TRON and Polygon networks.