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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) raised concerns about the strengthening financial surveillance through the proposed crypto regulations announced by the U. S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
2020-12-24 13:15 | |
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Solidus Labs believes its new surveillance tool can help regulators maintain confidence in crypto markets, potentially leading to the approval of a bitcoin ETF.
2020-11-19 11:10 | |
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BitMEX, one of Bitcoin's top crypto exchanges, has partnered with the blockchain compliance centered firm Eventus Systems to make its platform AML compliant. Eventus Systems would also help in trade surveillance and risk management.
2020-11-16 15:57 | |
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The blockchain intelligence and surveillance company Chainalysis revealed the launch of a new program that aims to help governments and insolvency practitioners sell seized cryptocurrencies. The news follows the recent U.
2020-11-14 02:30 | |
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BitMEX has announced a trade surveillance and anti-money laundering (AML) partnership with Eventus Systems. The announcement comes as the crypto exchange battles with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on charges of running an unregistered trading platform and violating AML and know-your-customer (KYC) regulations.
2020-11-12 18:08 | |
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Eventus Systems, a trade surveillance and risk management software platform provider, announced today that Gemini, a popular cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, has selected Eventus’ Validus platform for the exchange’s new trade surveillance solution.
2020-8-19 15:52 | |
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Global Bitcoin (BTC) peer-to-peer exchange, LocalBitcoins announces its partnership with Elliptic, a crypto surveillance company, to further compliance on the site. An announcement from the Finland-based company confirms the addition of two Elliptic Solutions to prevent illicit crypto from transacting on the platform, namely, the Navigator risk analysis tool and Lens wallet screener. “By choosing […]
2020-7-28 18:49 | |
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Elliptic's tracing software bolsters the peer-to-peer exchange's anti-money laundering safeguards.
2020-7-28 10:00 | |
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On June 24, the block explorer and blockchain data platform, Blockchair, announced the launch of a new privacy tool called the “Privacy-o-meter. ” According to Blockchair, the new service combats blockchain surveillance companies by highlighting privacy issues for crypto transactions.
2020-6-30 23:20 | |
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Government surveillance may be more rampant in the crypto space than most users realize, says a source familiar with ongoing tactics.
2020-6-15 19:00 | |
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ConsenSys launched an Ethereum surveillance service to identify criminal activity, money laundering, and fraud. But this won’t harm people’s privacy, supposedly. How It Works Codefi Compliance allows users to analyze... The post ConsenSys Launched an Ethereum Surveillance Service to Detect Criminal Activity appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-6-10 02:01 | |
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Chinese Police freeze crypto over the counter traders (OTC) accounts to investigate a possible incident of money laundering stains on some of the digital assets on exchanges. The abrupt halt in China’s biggest fiat on- and off- ramp gives sets in surveillance by the relevant law enforcement officers with locked users’ accounts needing an “approval […]
2020-6-9 19:02 | |
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Coinbase Analytics vaults the massive crypto exchange into a crowded field of blockchain tracing companies all vying for millions of federal dollars.
2020-6-6 01:10 | |
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Privacy campaigners and civil rights groups have been rightly flagging their concerns about state surveillance resulting from coronavirus “track-and-trace” endeavors. The U.K. now appears to be stepping up its efforts... The post Controversial AI Firm Awarded $500,000 Contract for Coronavirus Tracing appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-6-3 08:36 | |
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Blockchain analysis is "a euphemism" for surveillance, HRF Director Alex Gladstein told Elliptic's Tom Robinson during a debate on crypto tracing Monday.
2020-6-2 04:58 | |
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During the last few years, blockchain surveillance has increased a great deal and in the early days around 2013-14, there were only a handful of firms. Now there are more than 20 blockchain analysis companies that monitor addresses, transactions, and making sure addresses are AML/CFT compliant as well.
2020-5-16 05:10 | |
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On May 4, 2020, the blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis published a three-part series covering a crypto Ponzi scheme, North Korea, and Iran’s use of digital currencies like bitcoin. The company’s research papers discuss the Poland-based crypto Ponzi called Futurenet, a hosting service allegedly tied to North Korea, and how Iran-based exchanges are bypassing OFAC sanctions […] The post 3 Reports Look at North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Iran’s Farhad Exchange, and the Crypto Ponzi Futurenet appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-5-7 01:05 | |
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Weiss Crypto Ratings agency believes that amid the COVID-19 spread, privacy coins can help users benefit and protect themselves as governments are enforcing surveillance
2020-4-3 20:00 | |
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One of the largest digital currency exchanges, Bitfinex, has made on Tuesday the announcement that it’s going to deploy a proprietary surveillance tool that can combat all the abuse happening in the crypto trading market.
2020-3-24 20:15 | |
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The coronavirus crisis may highlight the overlap between the surveillance state and the cryptocurrency industry.
2020-3-18 19:00 | |
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Modulus, a US-based developer of high-performance trading and surveillance technology for global equities, derivatives, and digital asset exchanges, today announced that it has had great success in accepting blockchain payments in bitcoin (BTC) from clients for services rendered in the licensing and servicing of its proprietary white-label digital asset exchange.
2020-3-18 02:57 | |
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In an era of increasing economic uncertainty, surveillance, specialized cybercrime and hacking, knowing how to hide bitcoin safely has become a paramount concern for crypto holders. Whether it’s by way of taking wise opsec measures, utilizing noncustodial tools, leveraging a DEX, or even storing seed phrases in your brain, there’s no shortage of measures that […] The post How to Hide Your Bitcoin – Opsec, Anonymity, Cold Storage, Brainwallet, Dexes and Non-Custodials appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-2-26 11:45 | |
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European-based cryptocurrency exchange platform, Coin Field, partnered with blockchain analysis startup, Chainalysis, to integrate the Chainalysis Know-Your-Customer (KYT) surveillance tool to monitor crypto transactions.
2020-2-22 22:00 | |
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The Swiss financial market surveillance agency proposed stricter cryptocurrency anti-money laundering (AML) rules.
2020-2-11 02:23 | |
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On January 17, the UK tax agency Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published a job opportunity for a private contractor to design a cryptocurrency blockchain analysis tool. According to the listing, the contract is for one year and HMRC will pay the contractor $100,000 for software that can “identify and cluster crypto asset transactions.
2020-1-22 22:10 | |
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The publication of crypto exchange Kraken’s 2019 Transparency Report has provoked discussion about the scale of government surveillance. According to the report, Kraken received 710 requests last year (or two per day), impacting approximately 1,222 accounts.
2020-1-8 04:30 | |
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An effort to change extradition laws in Hong Kong has sparked protests – and questions about digital privacy and the right to transact, writes Mike Casey.
2019-6-17 11:00 | |
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The full list of partners working with Facebook to host its new crypto stablecoin has gone public – and already sparked fears of mass data collection. Facebook Crypto Nets Giants Of User Data Published by cryptocurrency news outlet The Block June 14, the partners for the project variously dubbed ‘Libra’ and ‘Facebook Coin’ make for revealing reading.
2019-6-15 16:33 | |
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Глава Комиссии по ценным бумагам и биржам США (SEC) Джей Клейтон на днях заявил, что регулятор прорабатывает вопрос запуска bitcoin-ETF. Однако, по его словам, «есть пара проблем», которые требуют прояснения.
2019-6-10 13:15 | |
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With central banks worldwide removing cash from society in favor of Central Bank Digital Currencies, and negative interest rates turning traditional investment strategies on their head, digital assets present a compelling use case as a hedge against extraordinary global monetary policy and capital surveillance
2019-5-28 01:00 | |
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Top fiat-to-crypto exchanges are adopting market surveillance technologies
2019-5-17 16:00 | |
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The Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI), a platform dedicated to curbing the menace of data manipulation by Bitcoin trading venues, cryptocurrency exchanges and market participants in the cryptospace, has released its April 2019 market surveillance report.
2019-5-8 20:00 | |
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The Blockchain Transparency Institute has released its April 2019 Market Surveillance Report, and it claims that Binance is among the exchanges on which wash trading has occurred. It marks the fourth report in which the group has deployed algorithms designed to identify specific accounts engaging in wash trading.
2019-5-6 20:01 | |
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The political spectrum is usually divided into four main categories: libertarian left, authoritarian left, libertarian right and authoritarian right. Those on the left prefer a more controlled economy, while those on the right have a preference for free markets.
2019-4-16 22:26 | |
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The world is shifting towards cashless and China and several European economies are leading the way. Will this mean more surveillance eroding our privacy? If that is the case, Bitcoin and crypto is indispensable.
2019-3-28 12:15 | |
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One of the most important narratives in the crypto space has been its stand against centralization. In today’s globalized economy, where different cultures and ethnicities rapidly consolidate around the same interests in technology, social media, and free services, there is an alarming sense that Internet use is becoming more centralized, which gives birth to technologyRead MoreRead More.
2019-3-20 18:00 | |
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U.S.-based crypto startup Bcause will use Nasdaq’s trading, clearing and market surveillance technology
2019-3-14 20:25 | |
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In this edition of The Daily we cover the next step in the crypto strategy of the Opera browser, a new tax reporting tool for major cryptocurrency investors from EY, a response from Coinbase’s former surveillance partner Elliptic, and an update on hacked New Zealand exchange Cryptopia.
2019-3-6 14:15 | |
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has responded to criticisms about betraying the values of Bitcoin and crypto more broadly with its recent acquisition of Neutrino. Those Neutrino team members who previously worked at Hacking Team will “transition out of Coinbase,” the chief executive said late Monday.
2019-3-5 22:20 | |
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After a week of community discontent, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has decided to sever its business relationship with Neutrino employees who previously worked at the notorious Italian malware/software provider Hacking Team.
2019-3-5 19:09 | |
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Coinbase has been trending on crypto Twitter all week, but for all the wrong reasons. The #DeleteCoinbase hashtag has circulated on account of the dubious practices of Neutrino, the blockchain surveillance team it acquired.
2019-3-5 12:35 | |
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Coinbase’s Director of Institutional Sales, Christine Sandler, said in an interview last week that, in part, the exchange acquired controversial software firm Neutrino because its prior blockchain analysis providers were selling customer data.
2019-3-5 23:58 | |
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Circle a U. S-based peer-to-peer cryptocurrency finance company, has contracted NICE Actimize, a leader in Autonomous Financial Crime Management, to implement market surveillance and protection strategy, reports Finextra February 27, 2019.
2019-3-1 18:00 | |
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Circle partnership shows continued drive in demand for crypto market surveillance
2019-3-2 17:59 | |
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Circle is interested in improving the quality of its trading services. In order to do so, the firm partnered with NICE Actimize, a New York-based provider of financial crime, risk and compliance solutions, to enhance the company’s exchange.
2019-2-28 18:23 | |
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NICE Actimize, the largest and broadest provider of financial crime, risk and compliance solutions for regional and global financial institutions, as well as government regulators, today announced it was selected by Circle, a crypto payment company and... Source
2019-2-28 02:16 | |
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NICE Actimize, the largest and broadest provider of financial crime, risk and compliance solutions for regional and global financial institutions, as well as government regulators, today announced it was selected by Circle, a crypto payment company and... Source
2019-2-28 02:16 | |
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On Feb. 27, Boston-based cryptocurrency finance firm Circle announced a partnership with Nice Actimize financial crime detection and prevention technologies unit. Circle follows other large cryptocurrency exchanges that have opted to add a compliance and surveillance solution.
2019-2-27 21:35 | |
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Recently deceased porn mogul Larry Flynt once said, “Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress." His story may have something to offer crypto.