Saturday, April 27, 2024

Bank of England Governor Suggests Cryptocurrency Could Replace the US Dollar

The U.S dollar is arguably the most popular currency today. Controlled by the most powerful country in the world, the U.S. dollar currently holds a substantial influence over trade across the globe. But according to the Bank of England governor, cryptocurrency might take its place.The governor of the Bank of

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US Treasury Blacklists Bitcoin Addresses Affiliated with Chinese Drug Lords

Three Chinese nationalists have been charged under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The accused were using cryptocurrencies for money laundering.According to the allegations, the three manufactured and

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Huobi Processed 50% of All PlusToken Withdrawals This Month: Report

Chinese crypto exchange Huobi has seen the highest number of withdrawals from the alleged crypto Ponzi scheme PlusToken to date, new research says.Chinese exchanges prevailNew York-based blockchain infrastructure firm Elementus released a study on Aug. 23, claiming that the number of PlusToken withdrawals sent to Huobi exchange has accounted

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Chainalysis Rolls Out Real-Time Threat Detector for 15 Major Cryptos

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has launched transaction alerts for suspicious exchanges of a range of cryptocurrencies.In a post published on the firm’s blog on Aug. 22, Chainalysis announced the launch of alerts for suspicious cryptocurrency transactions in Chainalysis Know Your Transaction (KYT), the company’s real-time anti-money laundering compliance solution.

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