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On Wednesday, FTX US General Counsel Ryne Miller ordered all staff to retain their emails, messages, notes and documents stemming from their work at FTX, FTX US, Alameda and affiliated companies, according to people with direct knowledge. He called the chain of events of the last few days “disappointing developments”
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Ruja Ignatova, founder of the notorious crypto pyramid Onecoin, was reportedly alerted about police investigations into the scam before she disappeared. The ‘Cryptoqueen’ has been on the run for several years, wanted by law enforcement agencies around the world. Onecoin Mastermind Learned About Arrest Efforts From Leaked Police Documents, Podcast Reveals A
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United States crypto exchange Binance US has created a new “investigations unit” and tapped a former FBI special agent as its new head, with the aim of seeking out and stopping illegal activity on its platform. The “investigations unit” is a brand new unit within the U.S. crypto exchange, the
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BJ Kang made a name for himself at the FBI leading probes of a number of high-profile Wall Street insider trading cases. Original Source
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"We're really looking at the multiplier effect, so mixers, tumblers and money laundering are important because they have a multiplier effect, they facilitate all sorts of criminal activities, different sorts," she said. "By making sure that we are addressing ... that activity, [we will] hopefully lessen the impact of crypto
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While the crypto community is still talking about the U.S. government banning the ethereum mixing platform Tornado Cash, the stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings Limited revealed on Wednesday that the company would not “freeze Tornado Cash addresses.” Tether’s recently published blog post about the subject says the company is waiting for
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Earlier this year, during during the annual Queen’s Speech in the United Kingdom, Prince Charles informed the Parliament about two bills. One of them — the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill — would expand the government's powers to seize and recover crypto assets.Meanwhile, the United States Internal Revenue Service
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On Friday, June 3, South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) began an investigation into payment gateway services that work with digital assets. The FSS is South Korea’s financial regulator that operates under the Financial Services Commission (FSC), both of which are government institutions.As reported by local news outlet Money Today
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When times are tough — as in the pandemic — enterprising human nature goes into overdrive. People seek out alternative ways to make money. That could be one of the reasons why cryptocurrencies skyrocketed in popularity in the last few years, driven in part by large numbers of people sitting
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The letter’s other signees were Darren Soto (D-Florida), Tom Emmer (R-Minnesota), Warren Davidson, (R-Ohio), Jake Auchincloss, (D- Mass.), Byron Donalds (D-Florida), Josh Gottheimer (D-New Jersey), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), Ritchie Torress (D-New York). Apart from Donalds, all are members of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus. Source
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