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“Unfortunately, that is a mode that some of these precursor manufacturers and illicit drug organizations have used – the receipt of bitcoin payments in wallets, cryptocurrency wallets,” said Elizabeth Rosenberg, the U.S. Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, in testimony during the panel’s hearing. Original Source
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Oliver Linch, chief executive officer of cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex Global, has pushed back against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), claiming the company never had a clear opportunity to discuss a potential enforcement action.Speaking to Cointelegraph at the Consensus 2023 conference in Austin, Texas on April 28, Linch
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Cross-chain bridge platform Ren Protocol has announced that FTX, Alameda Research and other affiliates that acquired the platform in 2022 have authorized and directed the platform to move all its crypto assets to FTX debtors’ wallets.According to Ren, the move lets debtors safeguard their assets in case of a potential
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The shutdown of the peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency marketplace Paxful has left its worldwide community searching for alternatives, but it appears to have significantly affected the Nigerian crypto community. On April 4th, Paxful declared that it would halt its operations. The reason for this decision, according to the founder and CEO Ray
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“As of March 27, 2023, Kraken clients will no longer be able to use ACH deposits and withdrawals through Silvergate,” the company told CryptoX in an email. “We are working to make ACH funding options available through alternative funding providers as soon as possible and will communicate details with clients
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SEC filing shows Becker’s share sales were part of a scheduled program dubbed 10b5-1 plan, however, the securities regulator is considering a 90-day “cooling down” period between the filing and the first sale. Last week, the announcement of shutdown by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) sent tremors across the banking space
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"The decisions made over the weekend were not crypto related," the spokesperson said. "Signature was a traditional commercial bank with a wide range of activities and customers, including small businesses like food vendors at Hunt’s Point, residential mortgage banking, commercial real estate, to name a few. DFS has been facilitating
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USDC is the second-largest stablecoin, trailing only Tether’s USDT, and a backbone of the crypto ecosystem. The token’s value is backed by U.S. government bonds and cash-like assets, including a total $11.1 billion of cash deposits at various regulated banks, according to Circle’s website. Source
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“This remains a tough environment for crypto given the fallout from Silvergate Capital, so bitcoin could see further selling pressure test the $20,000 level,” Edward Moya, senior market analyst at foreign exchange market maker Oanda, wrote in a Thursday note. Source
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United States banking regulators have reportedly been sent to Silvergate's headquarters in La Jolla, California — looking for ways to save the crypto-friendly bank from a possible shutdown. A Mar. 7 Bloomberg report citing “people familiar with the matter” said Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) officials have been discussing ways to
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