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United States Senator Edward Markey and Representative Jared Huffman announced March 3 that they would reintroduce the Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act in Congress. The move comes ahead of a Senate hearing on the environmental impact of crypto mining, which Markey will chair on March 7.Markey and Huffman first introduced the
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The investigation is notably hinged on the “classification of retail clients and wholesale clients“ in what it said will be a targeted review. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced it will be opening an investigation into Binance Exchange’s local operations in the country. The targeted investigation was prompted
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The United States Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, said it had started an investigation of crypto lending firm Voyager Digital parallel to the company’s bankruptcy proceedings.In a Feb. 22 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the FTC said it was investigating Voyager and its
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized two non-fungible tokens (NFTs) worth more than $100,000 and 86.5 Ether (ETH) from a reported phishing scammer. The alleged scammer in question, Chase Senecal — known as Horror (HZ) online — was initially exposed via a lengthy investigation by independent blockchain sleuth
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Crypto bank Silvergate is reportedly being probed by the United States Department of Justice fraud unit over its involvement with the bankrupt FTX exchange and its affiliates.The probe is investigating Silvergate’s hosting of accounts linked to former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s businesses, according to “people familiar with the matter” as
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Germany’s FOC regulator stated that PayPal’s users of terms are causing a possible hindrance to its competitors which has led to an investigation.Payments giant PayPal could be in trouble as Germany’s antitrust watchdog launched an investigation into PayPal in order to examine whether the US online payment giant was using
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The SEC has reportedly violated its own privacy act while disclosing information of miners on the Green blockchain network.During their recent investigation, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly leaked the names and email addresses of all the crypto miners connected to the blockchain firm Green.On Tuesday, January
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has reportedly leaked the names and email addresses of many crypto miners connected to blockchain firm Green.According to a Jan. 17 report from the Washington Examiner, the SEC unintentionally included 650 names and email addresses in an email communication with Green
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Prosecutor General spokesperson for Bulgarian police denied any political agenda behind the recent raids on Nexo’s office in Bulgaria.Last week, the Bulgarian police raided Nexo’s office in a probe over alleged tax evasion and money laundering. The news about the Nexo investigation comes within a month of its exiting the
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Siika Mileva, a spokesperson for Bulgaria’s chief prosecutors, denied political motivations behind the probe against the crypto lending firm Nexo, according to local reports. The comments were made in response to claims that the investigation had a connection to the company's political donations.Almost all cases where a prosecution launches an
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