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After spending 30 months in detention, Greek authorities have finally extradited the Russian national and alleged Bitcoin (BTC) money launderer Alexander Vinnik to France. Prosecutors in France are charging Vinnik, operator of the defunct BTC-e crypto exchange, with multiple counts of money laundering, extortion and conspiracy.Vinnik also has pending
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French authorities have charged former operator of now-shuttered crypto exchange BTC-e and Russian national Alexander Vinnik.Bloomberg reported on Jan. 28 that Vinnik’s lawyers said that he will remain in France to face his charges following his recent extradition from Greece. According to an unspecified official at the prosecutor’s office,
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French officials have charged Alexander Vinnik, the alleged operator of an exchange that laundered millions of dollars for criminals, on multiple counts including extortion and money laundering. According to a report by Bloomberg on Tuesday, Vinnik was interviewed by French prosecutors as soon as he was extradited from Greece late
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France’s top financial regulator has published new rules regarding the licensing of digital asset service providers (DASPs) as well as guidelines for applying for the non-mandatory license and informing the AMF about internal cybersecurity practices.The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) or Financial Markets Authority released the rules on Wednesday and
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Alexander Vinnik, the alleged former operator of now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e, will be extradited to France, according to a new decision from Greece.Following years of disagreement on what jurisdiction should care about the alleged Bitcoin (BTC) laundering suspect, the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights has reportedly decided
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Alleged BTC-e exchange operator and money launderer Alexander Vinnik is finally being extradited to France.The news was made public by the Russian embassy in Greece, the country in which he has been held since his arrest in July 2017 over allegations that he had laundered at least $4 billion through
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The French financial markets regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has made its first initial coin offering (ICO) approval. While token
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Napoleon Asset Management launched the first Bitcoin Fund in France regulated by Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), an independent public body that is responsible for safeguarding investments in financial instruments. As reported by LesEchos on 11 December, the fund will be accessible only to institutional investors. The First French Crypto Fund The
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The central bank of France plans to pilot a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for financial institutions in 2020. François Villeroy de Galhau, the governor of the Bank of France, announced that the bank will start testing the digital euro project by the end of the first quarter 2020,
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Denis Beau, First Deputy Governor of Banque de France (France’s central bank) discussed the possibility of central banks in Europe developing a digital currency at the AFME Annual Capital Market Technology and Innovation Conference, held in Paris on 21st November.Beau stated that the tokenization of financial assets, along with applications
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