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The biggest news in the cryptoverse for November 4 includes Bitcoin’s outperformance of Nasdaq after the Fed raised interest rates, Do Kwon’s invitation to all law enforcement in the world to join an online conference, and DOGE’s 9% fall amid Twitter’s class-action lawsuit.
2022-11-5 00:17 | |
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Matthew Price, head of intelligence and investigations of the Americas, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” to discuss what role the largest cryptocurrency exchange is playing as it spearheads a global training program for law enforcement officials.
2022-10-4 20:48 | |
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The cryptocurrency exchange has been holding workshops for law enforcement worldwide since hiring a prominent IRS cybercrime investigator to head its anticrime unit.
2022-9-28 00:30 | |
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Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, has its eyes on the popular bitcoin privacy tool Wasabi Wallet, documents verified by CoinDesk show.
2020-6-6 00:45 | |
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After fighting crypto crime for four years, UK police officer Phil Harris urges law enforcement agencies to understand virtual assets
2020-4-20 18:30 | |
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On the 19th of September 2019, the US House of Representatives passed the “Advancing Innovation to Assist Law Enforcement Act.” The on-the-nose bill has mandated the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to push studies within sectors of emerging technology, like blockchains, AI, Digital identity technologies. This is to determine the possible uses […]
2019-9-25 17:45 | |
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Local media report that a Michigan science and tech hub has been raided by U.S. law enforcement because its founder was trading crypto
2019-1-7 02:39 | |
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In 2018, crypto exchange Kraken received nearly three times more law enforcement inquiries compared to the previous year
2019-1-7 22:51 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has revealed that it has received three times more law enforcement requests in 2018 compared to 2017. The overwhelming majority of requesting authorities is in the US.
2019-1-6 15:00 | |
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Tehran has once again targeted the users of the popular messaging application Telegram. A law enforcement official warned Iranian citizens against providing any support for the launch of the instant messaging app’s native token, the Gram.
2018-12-31 18:10 | |
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Technology and law enforcement are usually on opposite ends of a divide. While governments want to analyze as much consumer data as possible, very few people are effectively willing to go along with that plan.
2018-12-27 20:39 | |
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Crowdfunding platform Patreon is grappling with fiat currency centralization after MasterCard demanded it must block the account of a prominent US author and several others. Spencer: Patreon ‘Axed’ Me Citing an email from the company in August, Robert Spencer, who penned multiple books about countering Jihad and advised law enforcement agencies, said it had “axed” him and he could no longer put contributed funds to any use.
2018-12-26 20:00 | |
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Africa (countries in Africa) just like many other countries are still yet to fully adopt the technology of cryptocurrency and the major reason for this can be traced down to law enforcement organizations who are still uncertain on what to categorize cryptocurrencies as and where exactly the digital currencies fall into.
2018-12-20 23:38 | |
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A dangerous email scam appears to be targeting businesses, schools, hospitals, and government buildings across the US in an attempt to extort bitcoin (BTC) with a bomb threat. A spokesperson for the FBI provided TNW with the following statement: We are aware of the recent bomb threats made in cities around the country, and we remain in touch with our law enforcement partners to provide assistance.
2018-12-14 01:52 | |
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In a country where consumers (read: taxpayers) already have little-to-no privacy, it seems outrageous that billion-dollar technology companies can make closed-door deals with law enforcement agencies without US Congressional oversight.
2018-12-13 22:13 | |
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Australia‘s government signed a bill into law last week giving law enforcement agencies the right to force technology companies to reveal users’ encrypted messages. Another way of putting it: Australia‘s tech scene will soon be located on the Wayback Machine.
2018-12-10 22:19 | |
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Steven Peikin, co-director of the enforcement division of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), recently described international cooperation as playing a critical role in facilitating investigations in the initial coin offering (ICO) sector.
2018-12-7 12:10 | |
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Steven Peikin, the co-director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement gave a speech at the Harvard Law School’s Program on the importance of international cooperation in pursuing fraudulent ICOs on December 3, 2018.
2018-12-6 16:00 | |
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A lot of cryptocurrency enthusiasts and market observers reference websites that measure the digital asset economy by market capitalization. Now there’s a new data website, Coinmarketbook. cc, that calculates a cryptocurrency’s buy support based on order books held on various exchanges.
2018-12-6 01:15 | |
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Vertcoin (VTC) is currently struggling with a series of 51 percent attacks and a number of blockchain reorganizations. According to recently published data, the vertcoin chain has experienced over 22 reorgs and has lost more than $100,000 due to the attacks, with the last reorg clocking in at over 300 blocks deep.
2018-12-5 01:05 | |
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Startup Atomicpay. io announced the beta launch of its cryptocurrency payment gateway on Dec. 3, with support for six different digital assets. The payment processor eliminates third parties and allows merchants to accept cryptocurrencies in a noncustodial fashion.
2018-12-4 19:40 | |
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The U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published its 2019 fiscal year pre-solicitation document. Throughout the 27-page letter, the organization explains that it wants to dedicate resources toward creating blockchain forensic applications that can analyze privacy-centric digital asset movements.
2018-12-4 05:50 | |
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Law enforcement agencies are actively cracking down on illegal online activity. That is a good sign, primarily because the darknet activity continues to mount at an alarming rate. Operation Pangea XI is the new operation by the FDA which primarily targets websites selling unapproved drugs.
2018-12-1 20:17 | |
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On November 27, 2018, a California judge turned back the SEC’s request for an injunction against token company BlockVest, a company the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing for allegedly conducting an unregistered securities offering.
2018-12-1 22:36 | |
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Maintaining good operational security is imperative for all web users, but it’s particularly important in the cryptocurrency space. Prying eyes are everywhere on the internet, from law enforcement to hackers and from blockchain forensics firms to data resellers.
2018-11-23 12:00 | |
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At DEZOS we deal with the protection of property. We have made it our mission to create transparency and organization in the relationship between things, people and the law in order to reduce property and fraud offences.
2018-11-22 17:03 | |
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Refinitiv, the former financial and risk division of Thomson Reuters, can search 400,000 records including sanction lists, politically exposed persons, regulatory and law enforcement watchlists.
2018-11-20 21:00 | |
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The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network hosts several podcasts for regular discussion topics in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency, including the popular weekly show What Bitcoin Did.
2018-11-20 22:58 | |
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In less than five months, Britain will leave the European Union. Although the referendum debate gravitated to a few small areas, like immigration and trade policy, the reality is that Brexit has much broader implications.
2018-11-13 16:10 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchanges will likely have to reckon with VPN access as part of any regulatory or law enforcement actions for market manipulation.
2018-11-10 15:00 | |
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Perkins Coie, the Washington-based international law firm that represents highly reputed organizations across a vast range of industries, has hired Kari Larsen, a former enforcement lawyer at the U. S Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to its Blockchain Technology & Digital Currency industry group and Investment Management practice, according to a press release by the firm on November 6, 2018.
2018-11-9 18:00 | |
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In an apparent first, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the founder of EtherDelta, Zachary Coburn, with running an “unregistered national securities exchange,” according to a press release from the regulator.
2018-11-9 20:32 | |
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In an exclusive interview, CryptoSlate spoke with the Director of Enforcement at the Texas State Securities Board, Joseph Rotunda, who has presided over more than a hundred investigations into suspect crypto offerings since a 2017 state-wide sweep that rocked BitConnect with an emergency cease-and-desist order.
2018-11-7 02:05 | |
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On the darknet, Bitcoin is a rather commonly accepted payment method in this day and age. Because of law enforcement agencies cracking down on these users, they have also confiscated a fair amount of Bitcoin in the process.
2018-11-7 18:00 | |
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Just before the US midterm elections, Facebook removed a total of 115 accounts it thought that ‘engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior’. The company said US Law enforcement contacted it on Sunday to report suspicious online activity, which they believed was possibly linked to foreign entities.
2018-11-6 13:12 | |
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A band of 11 individuals is in custody of recent hacks into emails, cryptocurrency wallets and user accounts of Bitcoin holders. The Turkish nationals are accused of masterminding the digital currency heist after law enforcement received complaints from victims who lost their cryptocurrencies to the gang.
2018-11-5 23:53 | |
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The cybercrime unit of the Turkish police has detained 11 people suspected of hacking into emails, user accounts and cryptocurrency wallets. The operation was launched after law enforcement received a number of complaints from victims who lost digital cash.
2018-11-4 06:55 | |
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The Annual Report on the Division of Law Enforcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed its plans of placing strict rules against ICO scams. With a total amount of $794 million investor funds returned this year alone, the SEC has made it clear that spearheading investigations to help reduce fraudulent ICOs to […] The post SEC Draws Battle Line Against ICO Scams in it’s Yearly Annual Report appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2018-11-3 20:46 | |
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The period 2013 to 2018 was, in many ways, Bitcoin’s coming-of-age. It featured everything from exchange hacks worth tens of millions of dollars, law enforcement busting a seedy darknet website offering illegal goods and services for bitcoin, to newfound regulatory spotlighting all around the world, and an all-time high market price that not even the most optimistic bitcoin believer could.
2018-11-2 21:00 | |
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Binance has frozen multiple accounts associated with the cryptocurrency exchange Wex, citing money laundering concerns. The CEO of Binance went on Twitter recently to announce the freezing of multiple accounts owned by Wex, claiming that Binance will cooperate with law enforcement in any way possible should a criminal investigation result from alleged money laundering.
2018-11-1 01:47 | |
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The law enforcement agents in Bengaluru, recently arrested the CEO and co-founder of Indian cryptocurrency trading company, Unocoin, leading to the death of Bitcoin ATM in Bengaluru. This comes on the heels of the arrest of Unocoin’s first co-founder earlier in the week.
2018-10-27 18:40 | |
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Anyone who is involved in darknet markets has become a target for law enforcement agencies these days. Officials are effectively cracking down on darknet activity, whether it involves buyers or sellers.
2018-10-26 20:30 | |
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With iOS 12, Apple has thwarted the GrayKey device that can unlock criminal suspects’ iPhones for law enforcement, reports Forbes. The report claims that GrayKey now can only do a “partial extraction” of the data on a locked iPhone running the latest version of Apple’s software.
2018-10-25 16:15 | |
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It has been a while since any new development occurred in the Silk Road investigation. Ever since shutting down the world’s biggest darknet marketplace a few years ago, law enforcement agencies have been trying to put the final nail in the coffin for all individuals involved in this project.
2018-10-25 03:01 | |
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Law enforcement officers in India have arrested Unocoin’s co-founder for operating a Bitcoin ATM kiosk, which the police called illegal. More arrests are likely, according to the police. Law Enforcement in India Expects to Make Further Arrests After Jailing Unocoin Co-Founder The co-founder of India’s first bitcoin ATM kiosk was arrested yesterday, the Times of.
2018-10-24 20:00 | |
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Ever since the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a stern warning about initial coin offerings (ICOs) in February 2018, cryptocurrency projects have had to consider different options for distributing their tokens — and funding their development.
2018-10-20 19:31 | |
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Darknet activity is attracting a lot of attention these days. Although some people see this as a way to get rich quick, law enforcement agencies have a very different opinion on the matter. In the UK, City of London police officials have arrested one darknet drug vendor and confiscated near $400,000 worth of cocaine.
2018-10-19 20:50 | |
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The $34 million Bitcoin scam has its prime suspect named Prinya Jaravijit who was arrested in Thailand after returning to the country. Jaravijit is allegedly part of a scam which saw a man from Finland, Aarini Otava Saarimaa scammed out of over 5,500 Bitcoins, this would be worth around $34 million in today’s market.
2018-10-17 12:00 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained an emergency court order issuing the stoppage of a recently planned initial coin offering (ICO) by Blockvest LLC and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III, who falsely advertised that the token sale was approved by the SEC.
2018-10-12 01:12 | |
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UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has kicked off a consultation on proposed crypto rules that would bring the industry under formal regulatory oversight by 2027. According to a Financial Times report, the FCA unveiled three consultation papers on Tuesday with the…
The UK’s Treasury department hopes to finalize its cryptocurrency regulations by late 2027 by bringing the sector under a regulatory framework that mirrors oversight in traditional markets. According to a report from The Guardian, the crypto sector, which has been…
Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi argues that the U.K’s rules on the promotion of virtual assets is hurting the consumer experience and may deter potential users from investing in crypto. According to a report by the Financial Times, Kraken co-CEO Arjun…
If the UK softens its stance towards stablecoins, it could pose risks to financial stability and trigger a credit crunch, according to the Bank of England’s deputy governor, Sarah Breeden, who has recently defended the central bank’s proposed holding limits…
Zhimin Qian, the Chinese “cryptoqueen” arrested for masterminding a $5.5 billion Bitcoin scam, has received an 11-year jail sentence in the U.K.
Coinbase is taking another step toward blending crypto with everyday finance in the UK with the introduction of a new savings account for GBP balances. Coinbase has introduced a new savings account product for customers in the United Kingdom, offering…
With a comprehensive crypto policy, the UK can position itself as the bridge between traditional finance and the digital future.