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Cryptocurrency has become “the payment of choice for perpetrators of child sexual abuse and exploitation,” the lawmakers noted, citing a February FinCEN Trend Analysis from transactions in 2020 and 2021 and a Chainalysis report from this past January. “Existing anti-money laundering rules and law enforcement methods face challenges in effectively …
Companies like Uber and Airbnb pioneered the operator economy when they started delivering valuable services using crowdsourced infrastructure and labor. In the process, they proved that this relatively decentralized business model could compete with, and even outperform, traditional businesses. Today, the United States is home to more operating platforms than …
OpenDelta’s flagship token, USDO, will retain its dollar value by hedging bitcoin (BTC) deposited by users as collateral. The token won’t go live till May, and even then, it will only be open to waitlisters in a closed beta. But the company behind it plans to bring Runes to other …
A federal judge ruled last month that the Kansas City Fed had the discretion to reject Custodia’s bid for a master account. Custodia, according to the court, had not provided sufficient evidence to back up accusations that the Fed’s Board of Governors was illegally leaning on the Kansas City branch …
“The Howey test is a transaction-by-transaction analysis,” Deaton argued. “There are thousands of digital assets and thousands, sometimes millions, of transactions occurring on various blockchains. Because of this inconvenient reality, the SEC adopted an unconstitutional shortcut by effectively saying all transactions of the tokens violate securities laws.” SOURCE
The European Parliament voted to adopt a new package of laws tightening money laundering and terrorist financing measures across the EU. The laws target large cash payments, crypto firms and football clubs, among others. In addition to creating a single rulebook for the 27 nations that make up the European …
The DOJ charged Storm, alongside fellow developer Roman Semenov, with conspiring to commit money laundering, conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitter and conspiring to violate sanctions law by creating and operating Tornado Cash, a crypto mixing service designed to anonymize transactions. North Korea’s Lazarus Group and other criminal entities …
“Consensys hired Wachtell, which is the most expensive law firm in the world. That means they are really, really serious,” Frye said. It’s worth noting that Consensys recently relocated to Texas (its new listed address is a WeWork) from New York, which would make establishing jurisdiction in the 5th Circuit …
The yen’s devaluation didn’t impact crypto markets yet, but this could change if the BOJ steps in to prop up the currency, Noelle Acheson, analyst and author of the Crypto Is Macro Now reports, said in an email interview. A possible intervention would mean the BOJ selling U.S. dollar assets …
CoinDesk 20 tracks top digital assets and is investible on multiple platforms. The broader CMI comprises approximately 180 tokens and seven crypto sectors: currency, smart contract platforms, DeFi, culture & entertainment, computing, and digitization. SOURCE
A Winnipeg man said a single date gone wrong led to years of criminal harassment, false arrests, stress and depression. Brent Marsch, 38, said he met Jennifer Plantz, 34, on the dating app Tinder in 2016 but when he went to meet her at Polo Park mall, he realized something …
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of welcoming “the support of conspiracy theorists and extremists,” after the Conservative leader was photographed meeting with protesters, which his office has defended. “Every politician has to make choices about what kind of leader they want to be,” Trudeau said …