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“# NY Attorney General expects documents within weeks in Bitfinex/Tether case ” The Office of the New York Attorney General, or OAG, has requested a deadline extension for iFinex Inc — the parent company of both crypto exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether — to produce the documents requested for their ongoing legal battle. On…
“# France moves to ban anonymous crypto accounts to prevent money laundering ” French financial authorities are strengthening the country’s cryptocurrency regulations in a move to prevent illicit activities like money laundering and terrorism financing. On Dec. 9, several ministries in France jointly introduced an order aiming to prevent anonymous digital asset transactions by banning…
“# FTC sues Facebook in antitrust lawsuit as regulators mount offensive ” The United States Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Inc., where it alleges that the corporation has been engaging in anti-competitive practices ever since acquiring a dominant global position at the turn of the 2010s. According to public case files…
“# Circle CEO joins appeal against US Treasury self-hosted crypto wallet ban ” Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of peer-to-peer payments firm Circle, sent a letter to senior staff of the United States Department of the Treasury on Dec. 9, appealing for regulators to collaborate with the industry in adopting crypto regulations. Allaire warned U.S….
“# ‘Low income’ Oyster Protocol founder allegedly has $10M yacht full of gold bars ” Amir Burno Elmaani, the founder of the now defunct cryptocurrency scheme Oyster Protocol, has been arrested and charged for what the Department of Justice describes as a “multimillion-dollar tax evasion scheme.” On Dec. 9, the DoJ announced it had unsealed…
“# Congresspeople tell Treasury to back off of rumored self-hosted wallet ban ” Several members of Congress have voiced opposition to a rumored blockade on self-hosted crypto wallets in the works at the U.S. Treasury. In a Dec. 9 letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, four members of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus wanted answers for…
“# Congresspeople ask SEC to verify who can custody security tokens ” Nine members of congress have written a letter asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to get its security token guidance straightened out. In a Dec. 9 letter to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, several members of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus led by Tom Emmer…
“# Russian crypto lobby group appeals to finance ministry to soften legislation ” Major cryptocurrency advocates in Russia are opposing the government’s stringent approach to regulating the crypto industry. The Committee on Blockchain Technologies and Cryptoeconomics, whose ranks include executives from major crypto exchanges Binance and OKEx, has called on the state to soften regulations…
“# Mexican authorities struggle to keep up as cartels embrace crypto ” Mexican authorities report an increase in the use of crypto assets to launder funds by criminal syndicates in Latin America. In a Dec. 8 report from Reuters, the head of Mexico’s finance ministry’s financial intelligence unit, Santiago Nieto, described how cartels use crypto…
“# Execs from ‘99% fake’ exchange face charges over market manipulation ” South Korean authorities have charged executives of what was once the country’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbit, over market manipulation allegations. According to news outlet News1, prosecutors are preparing a case against Coinbit chairman Choi Mo and two unnamed executives on charges of fraud…