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U.S. Treasury Campaigning for Amplified Powers to Chase Crypto, Tether (USDT) Overseas

Lawmakers should also beef up the department's powers under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), allowing for the "targeting of cryptocurrency entities and services that facilitate funding for terrorists," the proposal said. It calls for a new category of financial institutions under the BSA that would include "cryptocurrency exchanges, Virtual Asset

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Binance Futures Unveils Its Grand Trading Tournament with $2 Million USDT in Prize

Alongside the traditional trading competition, Binance futures participants can engage in a Copy Trading Competition and a Trading Bots Competition. On Monday, September 27, Binance Futures, the leading crypto derivatives exchange globally, has unveiled the highly anticipated Binance Futures Grand Trading Tournament. Boasting the largest prize pool in the tournament’s history,

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Tether whale received $1.1b USDT since October, buoying bullish speculation

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said a recent massive mint at the company’s treasury was intended for inventory purposes, while crypto proponents surmised a bullish thesis due to whale activity with USDT. Whale Alert pointed to $1 billion USDT minted at Tether’s treasury on Nov. 22, propelling chatter among proponents around inflows

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US Justice Department seizes 9M USDT amid $225M illicit funds frozen by Tether

The United States Department of Justice announced it had seized roughly $9 million worth of Tether (USDT) following the stablecoin issuer freezing funds connected to a criminal organization responsible for romance scams.In a Nov. 21 announcement, the Justice Department said the seized funds came from “scammers who stole millions from

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Binance $3.9B USDT move gains community attention amid DOJ settlement claims

Crypto community members on X (formerly Twitter) have turned their focus to a $3.9 billion Tether (USDT) transaction between Binance wallets that surfaced on social media following reports claiming the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is negotiating a $4 billion settlement with the company. On Nov. 20, a Bloomberg report

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Tether freezes $225m USDT tied to DoJ trafficking syndicate investigation

The funds seized by Tether were linked to a “pig butchering” scam that cost U.S. citizens $3.3 billion in 2022, according to the FBI.  Stablecoin issuer Tether reported freezing $225 million worth of its cryptocurrency USDT in a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) probe targeting an international human trafficking ring operating

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Tether freezes $225M USDT linked to romance scammers amid DOJ investigation

Stablecoin issuer Tether froze roughly $225 million worth of USDT tokens as part of an investigation into a Southeast Asia human trafficking syndicate launched by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). In a Nov. 20 announcement, Tether said it had worked with the DOJ and crypto exchange OKX to freeze

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