Japan Implements Stricter Anti-Money Laundering Measures for Cryptocurrency Transactions

Coinspeaker Japan Implements Stricter Anti-Money Laundering Measures for Cryptocurrency Transactions Japan will implement stricter rules for exchanges, including the implementation of the FATF travel rule, to combat money laundering and ensure transparency in cryptocurrency transactions.

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Biden Administration Expanding Cryptocurrency Analysis to Find Criminal Transactions

The U. S. government is expanding its cryptocurrency analysis in a strategy to find and pursue criminal transactions. This comes in the wake of a rising problem of ransomware involving cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin.

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Visa Is Planning To Enable Cryptocurrency Transactions

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“We Do Not Allow Transactions Involving Cryptocurrency” – Wells Fargo

Every cryptocurrency proponent looks forward to a world where adoption of digital assets will be so widespread that most of the major financial institutions, if not all, would comfortably accept cryptocurrency.

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Japanese Police Adopt Cybersecurity Software to Trace Bitcoin Transactions

After several instances of cryptocurrency-based crime and a stark increase in the use of cryptocurrencies as a money-laundering tool, Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) revealed it would launch a crypto-tracking software to trace digital currency transactions in the country.

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Japanese Authorities to Implement Software to Track Cryptocurrency Transactions

Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) has unveiled plans to implement a new software designed to track cryptocurrency transactions. Created by a secret private company, the tracking program is part of an increased national effort to prevent fraud and other criminal activity taking place in digital money markets.

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Japanese Police Forces Move To Track All Bitcoin Transactions

Japan, the crypto friendly nation with a tight grip on the industry, is this a peek into the future? As you know, in Japan cryptocurrency trading is heavily regulated through crypto exchanges, in a bid to make the community safer and in a bid to reduce instances of crypto crime and fraud.

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Russian Federal Agency Plans to Start Tracking Cryptocurrency Transactions

As BBC Russia reported, Rosfinmonitoring, known by its English name the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, has ordered a specific analytical tool that will give the agency the capability to track crypto transactions, focusing on the Bitcoin network.

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Russia Developing Cryptocurrency Tracker

The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of Russia (Rosfinmonitoring) has commissioned an analytical tool for monitoring cryptocurrency transactions. The system will particularly focus on bitcoin, as reported by BBC’s Russian service.

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Origin Protocol Launches Decentralized Messaging Platform

Origin Protocol, one of the early initial token offerings listed on CoinList, has announced the launch of its new decentralized messaging service. Origin’s latest offering could challenge encrypted giant Telegram, which, while not decentralized, is widely used within the cryptocurrency community.

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XRP Network Outdoes Itself, Billions Transferred In Seconds

Blockchain ‘networks’ are built to always be improved. It’s an essential part of running a cryptocurrency project. Networks need space to grow and they need to be able to be built upon. Ripple have very recently flourished in some of the fruits of their own labour very recently, as it is becoming seemingly more apparent just how powerful the Ripple network is, in ensuring that XRP transactions can be made at super high volumes, with very low fees, in record breaking time.

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Russian Agency To Get New Tool For Tracking Crypto Transactions

The agency in charge of investigating financial crimes has contracted with a Russian tech company that will provide tools for tracking cryptocurrency transactions.

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Russia Seeking to Track Crypto Wallet Activity of Criminal Suspects

The Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) is seeking to develop an analytical tool for tracking cryptocurrency transactions, specifically Bitcoin. BBC Russia reports that Russian authorities will attempt to use the new tracking system to detect cases of financial fraud and terrorist financing.

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Russia’s Interior Ministry Looking to Criminalize Unregistered Crypto Activity

Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs is considering establishing criminal liability for unregistered crypto operations. According to a report dated August 23, 2018, the head of Russia’s Main Directorate for Drug Trafficking, Andrey Khrapov, has asked the country’s legislators to require that all cryptocurrency transactions exceeding 600,000 rubles (around USD 9000) be registered with or monitored by Russian authorities.

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DASH Adoption in Inflation-Prone Venezuela Provides Validity for Cryptocurrency

DASH (DASH)–Despite an otherwise bearish year for cryptocurrency, several different coins across the market have been experiencing a price revival. Throughout last week, NANO leapt from under $1 to above $3, posting a 300 percent gain in the span of days.

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Head of Russian Anti-Drug Unit Proposes Compulsory Reporting for Cryptocurrency Transactions Above $9,000

According to Crowdfund Insider, Andrey Khrapov, the head of Russia’s Directorate for Drug Trafficking, has proposed a new law that mandates the compulsory reporting of cryptocurrency transactions that exceed 600,000 rubles ($9,000).

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Russia To Develop Tool For Tracking Illegal Cryptocurrency Transactions

Russian financial authorities signed a contract to create an instrument "for analysis and detection of illegal activities involving cryptocurrencies". The instrument development is estimated at $3 million.

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Asmbler ICO

Asmbler is an intelligent one-stop-shop solution that dramatically lowers the entry barriers to the cryptocurrency-market, its built upon three synergic and interconnected services that provide a holistic solution.

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A South African Township Is Becoming the New Gold Mine for Bitcoin

In several African nations, sending money to friends and family is difficult. Using bank accounts could be easy, but it takes days, sometimes even weeks, for transactions to clear. A new CNBC documentary is exploring the nuances of this emerging market and how exactly it is used to make the underbanked communities of the continent […] A South African Township Is Becoming the New Gold Mine for Bitcoin was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.

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Dash Reveals KRIP Phone For South Americans

Dash has announced a deal with Kripto Mobile Corporation that could give Latin Americans a system that actually works for using cryptocurrency for peer-to-peer payments and other basic transactions.

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India’s Apex Bank Forms New Unit to Handle Blockchain Regulations

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) – the country’s apex bank, has set up a department tasked with monitoring developments in cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and artificial intelligence. This move comes as commercial banks are still prohibited from facilitating cryptocurrency transactions and the Supreme court decision on the matter expected later in September 2018.

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PSA: Major EOS bug makes it possible to steal valuable resources directly from users

Here we go again with more EOS troubles: the popular cryptocurrency purportedly suffers from a major vulnerability that makes it possible to steal valuable network resources directly from user accounts – without any authorization.

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Bank of America Files Patent for Cryptocurrency Custody System

The Bank of America Corporation has filed with the U. S. Patent and Trademarks Office for a secure means for the storage and custody of cryptocurrencies. The filing describes a system for recording and storing data pertaining to cryptocurrency transactions designed for enterprises.

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Top 6 Decentralized Exchanges in 2018

Decentralized exchanges are slowly becoming more popular in the world of cryptocurrency. Generating sufficient liquidity remains one of the key challenges, even though some trading solutions seem to be faring a lot better than others.

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Bitcoin Transaction Volume Tops PayPal, Creeps Up on Visa

To many, Bitcoin’s shot at “real-world” utility is defined by the yardstick of Visa’s transactional throughput; yet, the original cryptocurrency now purportedly handles more annual transacted value than PayPal—and appears to be gaining on Visa, fast.

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Verge (XVG) And Tron (TRX) Partner, PornHub, Gears Up Crypto Payment With PumaPay

In its bid to smoothen recurring transactions, PornHub has partnered PumaPay, an open source cryptocurrency payment option provider dedicated towards enabling frequent payments using digital currency.

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Bitcoin Cash Have Stopped Fighting With Bitcoin Core And Are Turning On Themselves

Bitcoin Cash vs Bitcoin Core seems to have taken a new direction. No longer are the Bitcoin Cash team focusing on wiping out Bitcoin Core, they now seem to be fighting amongst themselves, this time within two mercenary groups, Bitcoin SV and Bitcoin ABC.

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Monex Executive Wants to Keep Cryptocurrency’s Future Within Japan

Oki Matsumoto Wants To Keep Financial Future Of Cryptocurrencies Within Japan Monex broke into the crypto industry fast by acquiring Coincheck, which recently was threated by a hack. Their hope is that the companies that can use various technologies would essentially develop the center of the entire financial industry, ensuring secure transactions for every entity. […]

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Revolut Taps Into VIP Segment Introducing Metal Card with Cashback in Cryptocurrency

UK-based prepaid debit card service Revolut has introduced Revolut Metal — debit card that allows customers to withdraw up to 1% cashback in either fiat or cryptocurrency on transactions outside Europe, or 0.

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Revolut Launches Metal Debit Card with Cryptocurrency ‘Cashback’ Rewards

A new debit card payment option has become available for those interested in using cryptocurrency for daily commercial transactions, The Next Web reports. The new Revolut ‘Metal’ debit card has officially launched today and is offering cryptocurrency ‘cashback’ rewards for users spending cryptocurrency for real-world purchases.

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Ultra Taiwan Music Fest Will Use Blockchain for Onsite Transactions

The hottest electronic music festival in Asia is a step ahead of its peers by accepting onsite transactions in Ultra Coin.   Pundi X blockchain technology will be used at the event, which is expecting over 30,000 participants.

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Crypto to Soon Become an Integral Part of the Mainstream Financial Ecosystem: Monex CEO

Most of the popular cryptocurrencies in circulation today, including Bitcoin, are deemed too volatile to be used as a medium for everyday transactions. But according to Monex CEO Oki Matsumoto, it is not long before a new stable cryptocurrency will enter the market and gain widespread recognition as a credible alternative to fiat for daily […] Crypto to Soon Become an Integral Part of the Mainstream Financial Ecosystem: Monex CEO was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.

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Fintech Startup Revolut Launches Cryptocurrency Supported Debit Card

The widespread use of a new financial instrument in day-to-day transactions have long been hailed as the holy grail for any early-stage asset class, crypto included. And with a recent announcement, crypto has tentatively moved one step closer to becoming a widely-accepted medium of exchange.

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KuCoin Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Listed Locktrip’s LOC Token

KuCoin is delighted to announce that they have listed Locktrip’s native currency, LOC. The LOC token is the transaction currency of Locktrip’s network and the main component to access its features.

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Research: Bitcoin Cash Declining in Adoption and Merchant Use Cases

Blockchain analysis and forensics firm Chainalysis recently produced a report on payments received by the world’s top 17 cryptocurrency merchants, concluding the role of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has steadily decreased in most day-to-day transactions.

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Ripple Partners with Three Exchanges for Its xRapid Transactions

The team behind Ripple shared the news about officially partnering with three exchanges for its xRapid transactions using the XRP cryptocurrency. These three exchanges are Bittrex, Bitso and Coins.

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Factors hindering the wider Adoption of Cryptocurrency

It is true that there are many advantages associated with the use of cryptocurrencies and crypto tokens over the traditional bank noted that are issued by a countries Central Bank. Some of them which includes speed of transactions, lower cost of transactions, lower documentations, comfort of transactions location, environmental protection since it is paperless and […] The post Factors hindering the wider Adoption of Cryptocurrency appeared first on ZyCrypto.

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Australians Can Pay Utility Bills With Bitcoin (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC)–In terms of adoption for cryptocurrency, being able to pay for real world goods and services with the digital currency has long been viewed as the gold standard. The bear market of 2018 has led to a shift in focus away from the fundamentals of crypto and the usability of blockchain transactions in favor […] The post Australians Can Pay Utility Bills With Bitcoin (BTC) appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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This Card Brings Enhanced Security To Crypto Payments Through Mastercard And Visa

Cryptocurrency cards are coming to the fore. They are a hybrid between the FIAT world and a crypto wallet and aim to help the adoption of cryptocurrency by having a use as a traditional payment card, linked to a secure and offline cryptocurrency wallet, enabled via speedy blockchain transactions.

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TokenPay (TPAY) Says “Bitcoin (BTC) Isn’t Even Good For Ordinary Transactions”

Not long after TokenPay (TPAY) came out to berate Ripple (XRP) and Neo (NEO), the cryptocurrency, through its Twitter handle disparaged the kings of crypto, Bitcoin, saying it is not good for ordinary transaction due to its slow and expensive character.

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Crypto Traders Targeted By South African Revenue Service, Work To Track Transactions

The South African Revenue Service is currently working to improve the way it tracks cryptocurrency traders and their transactions to determine if they are paying taxes. The service’s commissioner stated that the agency is looking to explore ways to identify parties that are profiting from trading digital assets to see if they are evading taxation. […]

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South African Tax Authority Going After Crypto Traders

The South African Revenue Service is working to improve the tracking of cryptocurrency traders and their transactions in order to verify if they are paying taxes. According to its Commissioner, the agency is exploring ways to better identify those that are profiting from trading digital assets and check if they are evading taxation.

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Bitcoin Dealer Indicted in San Diego With Money Laundering Charges

A Bitcoin dealer from Baja California has been indicted with international money laundering crimes that are related to cryptocurrency transactions. The individual is Jacob Burrell Campos, from Rosarito, and has been arrested on Monday after he tried entering the United States from Mexico.

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XINFINITY- A One-Stop Digital Transaction Wallet

Owing to the remarkable features such as convenience, easy tracking of spending, lower risks, etc. , people have been increasingly adopting the concept of digital trading.  To tap into this growing trend, XINFINITY has introduced its digital wallet that will revolutionized digital currency transactions for the better.

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Existing Online Payment With Over 2 Million USD Worth of Transactions Turns To Blockchain To Ensure Financial Inclusion In Emerging Markets

Mazzuma, the third highest ranked mobile money payments system based on transaction volume in Ghana seeks to utilize blockchain technology through the creation of the MAZ cryptocurrency to enable instant seamless payments globally.

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Coinbase Seeks Patent for Security-Enhanced Bitcoin Payment System

U. S. -based digital currency exchange Coinbase has filed a patent on a new Bitcoin payment system designed to make cryptocurrency payments safer. The new platform will provide an added layer of security for users’ keys and allow them to make Bitcoin payments directly from their digital wallets.

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[promoted] Equity Trust Forges a New Path for Crypto-Based IRA Investments

Asset diversification has long been touted as a critical strategy for wealth building. This method of portfolio management, which traditionally involves a mix of stocks, fixed assets and commodities allows for maximum return at the least amount of risk — an important element for retirement savings.

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Why is Zcash 2.0 Sapling Release Important for Private Crypto Transactions?

Privacy cryptocurrency Zcash (ZEC) announced the release of their 2. 0. 0 version on August 16th, introducing the first Sapling-compatible version of the Zcash node software.   The privacy currency also added several other notable features in the newest software update, including an important fix to the peer banning bug that came about following the previous Overwinter update.

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Ex-PayPal CEO Calls Bitcoin a Useless Payment Mechanism

Bill Harris, former PayPal CEO and founder of Personal Capital Corporation, believes that Bitcoin is a large cult. In CNBC’s “Fast Money” Segment on Tuesday, August 14, Harris explained that Bitcoin supporters make many claims of its benefits, including free transactions, scalability, efficiency, greater security, global acceptance, and usefulness.

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