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Russia is relying on crypto in its oil trade with China and India to navigate Western sanctions. While traditional currencies like the Chinese yuan and Indian rupee remain dominant, digital assets such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and the stablecoin…
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Indian police have arrested Aleksej Besciokov, co-founder of Garantex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the U.S. and the European Union for facilitating money laundering. Besciokov, a Lithuanian national, was detained in Varkala, Kerala, under India’s extradition law, according to…
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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. The sanctions target Lu Huaying and Zhang Jian, both…
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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino denied reports of lawmakers investigating the major cryptocurrency company over potential violations of anti-money-laundering and sanctions laws. The reported investigation, led by Manhattan prosecutors, focuses on whether Tether’s cryptocurrency (USDT) has been used to fund illegal…
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Venezuelan authorities have also blocked the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. Amid protests following the presidential elections, the Venezuelan government restricted access to Binance and several other online services. Binance representatives confirmed that members of the local crypto community were…
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Mining has been officially legalized in Russia, while the U.S. is preparing to become the crypto capital of the world. What’s going on between the two countries in the crypto arena? On Aug. 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a…
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Judge Katherine Polk Failla postponed the trial of Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash. What is happening in this controversial case, and is the crypto mixer responsible for its users? Due to the case’s complexity, the co-founder of the notorious…
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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…
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Venezuelan activists have alleged that President Maduro and his government are seeking ways to circumnavigate international sanctions, with crypto transactions.
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Senators sent letters to several departments about Russia, Iran, and North Korea possibly using Tether's stablecoin to avoid U.S. sanctions.
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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…
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Amid the news that Binance would delist Monero, should the crypto community brace for the decline of the era of anonymous tokens, or will alternative solutions emerge? In the world of cryptocurrency, transactions are logged in a public ledger, meaning…
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Russian Bitcoin mining firm BitRiver says the country can become a leader in the global industrial crypto just within a few years. According to BitRiver CEO Igor Runets, Russia has enough resources to become a global leader in crypto mining…
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American token sale platform CoinList has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle charges from the U.S. Department of Justice’s enforcement branch. According to a statement published by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Dec. 13,…
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Coin Center, a research non-profit blockchain advocacy firm, has lost its case against the U.S. Treasury after Tornado Cash was sanctioned
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Crypto exchanges in Estonia and Latvia reportedly helped Russians circumvent sanctions and convert rubles into other currencies
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