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The laws are to ensure sanctions rules are applied uniformly across the EU's 27 member states. origin »
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Open source software isn’t property, and current sanctions laws are ill-equipped to handle this, lawyers argue.
2023-5-25 11:18 | |
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The government of Iran has approved crypto as a payment method for importing goods as the country is looking for new ways to circumvent sanctions. The post Iran Attempts to Avoid Import Sanctions With New Crypto Laws appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-8-31 06:24 | |
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The plea deal ends a nearly two-year legal battle between Griffith and U.S. prosecutors tied to a presentation the developer gave in Pyongyang.
2021-9-28 20:15 | |
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Brian Klein, Virgil Griffith’s attorney, has filed a motion to dismiss charges against the Ethereum developer. A report unveiled this news on October 26, noting that the lawyer filed for dismissal after the US government charged Griffith with violating sanctions laws.
2020-10-26 15:40 | |
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The popular peer-to-peer bitcoin trading network LocalBitcoins has shut down all trading operations for Iranian users. LocalBitcoins’ website offers a variety of pages for users of different nations and, as of May 24, 2019, the Iranian page displays a message that “LocalBitcoins is currently not available in your selected region,” in English only.
2019-5-25 20:14 | |
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Last week, two of the largest banking regulators within the European Union released reports calling for uniformity in the regulations of crypto assets and Initial Coin offerings (ICOs) across the continent.
2019-1-16 01:54 | |
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The U. S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on two individuals and a company in the United Arab Emirates for facilitating North Korea’s illicit use of digital assets.
However, the new law doesn't lift the existing ban on crypto payments inside the country.
Lithuania has imposed a €9.3 million ($10.07 million) fine against local cryptocurrency firm Payeer over sanctions violations, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Specifically, Lithuania’s financial crimes watchdog, the Financial Crimes Investigation Service (FNTT), penalized the regulated crypto company for facilitating the…
A UN Security Council panel is investigating 17 crypto heists in 2023, for which North Korea may have been responsible, which were valued at more than $750 million.
Moscow wants to establish an autonomous BRICS payment system, leveraging digital currencies and blockchain in an effort to decrease its dependency on the U.S. dollar. In an interview with the Russian state-owned news agency TASS on Feb. 5, Kremlin aide…
The U.S. government tagged a number of bitcoin and ether addresses as being tied to the LockBit ransomware group, which was taken down on Monday.