Federal Police Tap Forensic Unit to Curb Crims
Australian crypto fraud just got a little harder. Federal Police have launched a new unit to tackle money laundering using...
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Grayscale Filings Reveal Spat With SEC Over Security Status of Less Popular Altcoins
Digital asset manager Grayscale filed applications for Stellar (XLM), Zcash (ZEC), and Horizen (ZEN) trusts in June 2022 and then...
Ripple’s Colombia Land Tokenization Project Halted Following New Government Appointments
A plan to record land ownership in Colombia in partnership with Ripple Labs appears to have run into trouble and...
Crypto Exchanges in Ethiopia Offered New Registration Program
Ethiopian authorities now require all crypto businesses to register with the Information Network Security Administration (INSA) in ten days. The...
Could Crypto Markets Rally as Midterms Bring Student-Debt Forgiveness?
With the U.S. midterm on the horizon, politicians, including Joe Biden, are targeting younger voters through a recently announced student...
BitBoy Lawsuit Gathers Steam, Defendant Appeals for Funding
Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy Crypto’s lawyers, served Erling Mengshoei (Atozy) the official lawsuit at his home on Aug....
South African Central Bank Releases Crypto Risk-Assessment Note
The South African Reserve Bank has released guidelines for local banks to do business with cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency companies. The...
Crypto Companies Raising Funds to Purchase Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks in the DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo is offering crypto firms an opportunity to bid for oil and gas exploration areas. This...
US Treasury Department Sanctions Crypto Mixing Service Tornado Cash
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned the token mixing platform Tornado Cash. According to the...
North Koreans Creating Fake Applications to Land Crypto Jobs, Says Researchers
Cybersecurity experts claim North Korean hackers are posing as job applicants for crypto jobs in wealthy countries to fund government...
What Effect Does Crisis Have on the Price of Bitcoin?
Taiwan and China are currently in a face-off around Taiwan’s sovereignty, affecting the Bitcoin price. The situation has come to...
UK Judge Awards Craig Wright £1 in Damages for McCormack Defamation Case
A London court dismissed a defamation claim from a self-proclaimed author of the bitcoin whitepaper. In a ruling on Monday,...
South African Bank Official Slammed for Spreading Misinformation About Crypto
The deputy governor of the South African Reserve Bank has been accused of promoting misinformation surrounding the illicit use of...
MAS Chief Minister Asks Firms to Discourage Retail Crypto Trading
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has encouraged financial companies to discourage cryptocurrency trading. Responding to a question in parliament on...
SEC Charges Forsage Founders for Operating $300M Ponzi Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged eleven individuals with running a cryptocurrency pyramid and Ponzi scheme targeting retail investors globally....
IMF Claims Crypto Not A Threat to Financial Stability
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) asserted that the cryptocurrency market downturn doesn’t threaten global financial stability. In a report released...
Bipartisan Stablecoin Bill to Be Delayed Until September 2022
Key U.S. Lawmakers delay bipartisan bill to mitigate stablecoin risks to at least Sep. 2022. Lawmakers working on the yet-to-be-agreed-upon...
New UK Treasury Minister Proposes New Regulations for Stablecoins
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi laid out plans in the Financial Services and Markets bill to regulate stablecoins....
Australian Central Bank Governor Prefers Privately Issued Tokens Over CBDCs
Australian central bank governor Phillip Lowe said at a G20 event that regulated private tokens could be better than Central...
Bank Indonesia Governor Embraces Crypto and Talks Up CBDC
The governor of the central bank of Indonesia believes that cryptocurrencies have the potential to pose systemic risks, but can...
US Diplomats Target Japanese Crypto Companies in Russia
The United States has appealed to Japan to dial up the pressure on its cryptocurrency exchanges doing business with Russia....
Bank of England Cites Crypto Integration With Traditional Finance a Risk to Financial Stability
The Bank of England argues that there is potential for crypto to pose greater threats to financial stability with greater...
