# US AML watchdog wants info on all international crypto transactions over 0

# US AML watchdog wants info on all international crypto transactions over $250

“# US AML watchdog wants info on all international crypto transactions over $250 ” The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Federal Reserve are looking to get more information on smaller transactions than ever before.  According to a notice of proposed rulemaking published on Friday, the agencies want to lower the $3,000 threshold established in 1995 to…

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# First ransomware attack in 2020 election hits voting infrastructure in Georgia

# First ransomware attack in 2020 election hits voting infrastructure in Georgia

“# First ransomware attack in 2020 election hits voting infrastructure in Georgia ” A ransomware attack targeting the government systems of Georgia’s Hall County also impacted key voting infrastructure it has been revealed. Local officials initially released few details regarding the Oct. 7 attack, stating that “critical systems within the Hall County Government networks” had…

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# Abramoff-linked crypto firm says SEC has no case against it

# Abramoff-linked crypto firm says SEC has no case against it

“# Abramoff-linked crypto firm says SEC has no case against it ” The NAC Foundation has accused the United States Securities and Exchange Commission of misconduct in an ongoing case.   According to court documents Oct. 20, Rowland Marcus Andrade and his company NAC Foundation asked a San Francisco federal judge to dismiss the SEC’s June lawsuit alleging…

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# Mainstream DeFi is ‘inevitable’: US currency comptroller

# Mainstream DeFi is ‘inevitable’: US currency comptroller

“# Mainstream DeFi is ‘inevitable’: US currency comptroller ” The U.S acting comptroller of the currency, Brian Brooks, predicts th decentralized finance (DeFi) will render many of the financial services offered by banks obsolete, just as email disrupted the postal service. In an interview during DC Fintech Week on Oct. 19, Brooks predicted a not-too-distant…

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# Pomp says US digital dollar needs to happen now

# Pomp says US digital dollar needs to happen now

“# Pomp says US digital dollar needs to happen now ” Recent comments from Jerome Powell, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, show the American government is not especially concerned with speed when it comes to developing a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. In contrast, Morgan Creek Digital co-founder Anthony Pompliano argues that time…

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