US sanctions agency OFAC to rely more heavily on Chainalysis

Govt agencies want more tools to trace suspect crypto transactions.

Brave Browser Leads New Global Privacy Standard

Top Researchers Condemn Centralized COVID-19 Tracking Approach

As nations throughout Europe wrestle with how to contain the spread of COVID-19, several research units have been developing tracking solutions to help detect ill citizens. Not all of these...The post Top Researchers Condemn Centralized COVID-19 Tracking Approach appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Mizzou Deploys a Tracking app to Improve Athlete Students’ Attendance

Universities across the United States want to address students’ attendance records. Mizzou, the University of Missouri, is not necessarily taking the right approach in this regard. The university currently forces students to use an app allowing them to track student’s locations.

New Singapore Payment Services Act Includes Forensic Crypto Tracking

Financial regulators in Singapore are looking to implement robust crypto tracking as part of efforts to combat financial crimes. This move comes as authorities are set to introduce the country’s new Payment Services Act.

Louis Vuitton Founder to Track Luxury Goods with Blockchain

Louis Vuitton SE (also known as LVMH Group), a French multinational luxury goods conglomerate in charge of highly reputed subsidiaries like Christian Dior SE, Fendi, and Givenchy, has joined forces with ConsenSys and Microsoft to launch AURA, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) based platform for tracking luxury and verifying the authenticity of luxury goods, accordingRead MoreRead More.

FCC Commissioner Questions Telecom Companies for Selling Location Data

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on May 1, 2019, demanded answers from telecommunication companies in regards to their involvement in selling customers’ phone location information to data aggregators, Motherboard reported.