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Poloniex will pay $7.6M settlement to US authorities for ‘apparent violations’ of sanctions

The United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) announced cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has agreed to a $7.6 million settlement related to more than 65,000 apparent violations of multiple sanctions programs.In a May 1 notice, OFAC said the $7.6 million would be used to settle Poloniex’s civil case for

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Crypto Exchange Poloniex Agrees to $7.6M Fee to Settle Sanctions Violation Charges

"Although Poloniex made efforts to identify and restrict accounts with a nexus to Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Crimea and Syria pursuant to its compliance program, certain customers apparently located in these jurisdictions continued to use Poloniex’s platform to engage in online digital asset-related transactions," OFAC said. Source

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OFAC sanctions OTC traders who converted crypto for North Korea’s Lazarus group

The United States Treasury Department has identified over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency traders who assisted North Korea’s Lazarus Group in converting stolen crypto into fiat currency. Crypto traders in China and Hong Kong have been sanctioned by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). In addition, a China-based banker was sanctioned

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Syrian Official Says US Imposes Sanctions to Steal Nations’ Assets and Exert Control – Economics Bitcoin News

The Syrian foreign minister says the U.S. imposes sanctions on Syria and Russia to steal their assets and keep them under its hegemony. The U.S. is “the biggest beneficiary of wars and fueling global conflicts, with the aim of maintaining the dominance of the dollar in the global economy and

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Anti-Russia Sanctions Will Trigger Global Economic Crisis, Russian Official Warns – Economics Bitcoin News

Russia has warned that existing and new anti-Russia sanctions imposed by the U.S. and other Western countries will lead to a global economic crisis. “Both the current sanctions that have been imposed against our country and the new additional steps that Brussels and Washington are probably thinking about now will

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Lack of regulatory clarity on payment solutions could undermine US sanctions, says expert

According to former Department of State official Anja Manuel, if the United States isn’t able to maintain its dominance in financial innovation and payments, it could affect its national security policy, specifically on sanctions.Speaking to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and listeners in an April 21 Twitter Spaces discussion, Manuel said that

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Dollar Dominance Fading Amid Growing China Trade, Russia Sanctions Risks, Ray Dalio Says – Economics Bitcoin News

Fewer nations are willing to hold the U.S. dollar as America’s share in the global economy becomes smaller while China’s role in international trade expands, billionaire Ray Dalio noted. The founder of the world’s largest hedge fund also said that Western sanctions on Russia have highlighted new risks of keeping

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