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BlackRock met with SEC officials to discuss spot Bitcoin ETF

Representatives from BlackRock and the Nasdaq met with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to discuss the proposed rule allowing the listing of a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, or ETF.According to a Nov. 20 SEC memo, BlackRock provided a presentation detailing how the firm could use an in-kind

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US officials announce $4.3B settlement with Binance, plea deal with CZ

Officials with the United States Department of Justice announced that Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will plead guilty to one felony charge as part of a settlement over criminal and civil cases with the exchange.“In a Nov. 21 press conference, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that CZ entered his plea in person in

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Ukraine officials get training on crypto and virtual assets investigation

14 Ukrainian officials received advanced training on investigating new-age financial crimes in a training course held from Nov. 14 to Nov. 17 in Vienna, Austria.According to a report released by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSEC), select supervisory and law enforcement officials from Ukraine learned about advanced techniques

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India trained 3,000 police officials on crypto investigations in 2022–2023

The annual report from India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) revealed that officials from various cybercrime and police departments were trained in cryptocurrency forensics and investigation during the financial year 2022–2023.The MHA highlighted that, under the Narcotics Control Bureau — India’s central law enforcement and intelligence agency — 141 officers

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Taiwanese officials confiscate $320m in nation’s biggest crypto money laundering operation

Taiwanese authorities have arrested an individual suspected of laundering a record $320 million through digital assets, marking the largest case of crypto-related money laundering in the country’s history. Taiwan has witnessed its largest crypto-related money laundering case to date, with the arrest of an individual suspected of laundering 10.4 billion Taiwanese

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Fed, BOE officials share continuing interest in CBDCs, stablecoin regulation

The Federal Reserve Board continues to research a central bank digital currency (CBDC), or at least adjacent technologies, Vice Chair Michael Barr said on Oct. 27. He also touched on stablecoins at the Economics of Payments XII Conference, where his English colleague Sir Jon Cunliffe made his last speech as

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Federal Reserve Officials Maintain Cautious Stance on Interest Rates

Following the September meeting, the 10-year Treasury yield had risen to approximately 4.66% as of October 10, reflecting the expected rate increases that policymakers had indicated earlier. Federal Reserve officials have opted to maintain their cautious approach to monetary policy, leaving interest rates unchanged during their September meeting. Minutes from the

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SBF bribed Chinese officials for $150M to unfreeze funds

Caroline Ellison, the former romantic partner of embattled FTX founder Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried and former CEO of Alameda Research, has claimed in her courtroom testimony that SBF bribed Chinese officials for millions of dollars to unfreeze funds locked in local exchanges. In her Oct. 11 testimony, Ellison said there was $1 billion

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