Ireland Seizes Bitcoin Stash Worth $56M But Can’t Sell for 7 Years
Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) seized 6,000 BTC from a Dublin resident who was accused of growing cannabis on property located in
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Coinbase Custody Goes International With New Entity in Ireland
Coinbase has launched Coinbase Custody International Inc., a European entity for handling cryptocurrency deposits.Based in Dublin, Ireland, Coinbase said in a blog post that client demand for institutional-grade custodial services drove the move. Separately, a spokesman for the exchange said Coinbase Custody now has $8 billion in assets under custody,
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Coinbase Gets E-Money License In Ireland, Expanding European Foothold
Coinbase is expanding its European foothold with an e-money license from the Central Bank of Ireland.“One of just a few companies”On Oct. 11, Zeeshan Feroz, the CEO of the United Kingdom arm of San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, announced that the exchange had become “one of just a few
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Bank of Ireland Execs Back Out of Testifying in OneCoin Scam Hearings
Bank of Ireland (BOI) executives have backed out of the testimony before the United States Government in the criminal proceedings regarding a $400 million worth money laundering scheme through cryptocurrency scam OneCoin.No testimony on voluntary basisAs fintech-focused news outlet FinanceFeed reported on Oct. 11, the U.S. Government filed a
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Prosecution to Call Bank of Ireland Members in OneCoin Money Laundering Case
Several individuals are facing criminal proceedings launched against them for participating in the fraudulent digital currency scheme of OneCoin. Konstantin Ignatov, Ruja Ignatova and Mark Scott, continue to face these proceedings at the New York Southern District Court.The whole crypto Ponzi scheme is estimated to be worth billions of dollars
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