The move may help bring more legitimacy to crypto as an alternative currency In an effort to combat money laundering, the European Parliament has established new rules requiring cryptocurrency businesses to perform formal due diligence, setting forth clear obligations for these companies. The recently enacted regulations seek to enhance “due diligence measures and identity checks,” encompassing
The sentence will follow an admission of money laundering in the US US Prosecutors in the federal money laundering case against Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao are recommending jail time for the former CEO. He’ll be sentenced in US District Court on April 30, and he could go to prison for 36 months after admitting to violating US money laundering laws. “Given the magnitude of
The cryptocurrency exchange’s troubles are following it around the world Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is facing more difficulties outside the US, as authorities in Canada and the Philippines recently took action against the company. The company currently accounts for 58% of the total centralized exchange spot trading volume as of March 2024 and is the dominant player in the derivatives
The halving went off without a glitch on April 20 Bitcoin underwent its fourth halving event after the 840,000th block was mined on April 20, reducing mining rewards by 50%. Now, Bitcoin miners started to receive 3.125 BTC per mined block, down from the previous award of 6.25 BTC. Bitcoin halving is an ongoing protocol process that occurs with
Avraham Eisenberg was accused of wire fraud, commodities fraud, and commodities manipulation Avraham “Avi” Eisenberg has been found guilty of fraud and market manipulation charges. Eisenberg was responsible for exploiting the Mango Markets decentralized exchange and making off with $110 million. Jurors spent long hours deliberating before the US District Court for the Southern District of New York delivered the guilty
The company is working on new projects that will help it diversify its offerings Tether, which runs the world’s biggest stablecoin by market value, recently announced restructuring to add new divisions outside developing stablecoin. The stablecoin goliath announced on April 18 that it had established a new framework for its four new business divisions, including Tether Finance, Tether Data,
Senator attaches stablecoin legislation to a marijuana bill in hopes of pushing it through Sherrod Brown, the US Senate Banking Committee Chair, disclosed plans to combine a significant stablecoin bill with marijuana business legislation. He views it as a chance to drum up support for the stablecoin initiative without giving it a lot of exposure.
The CFTC reportedly had steady communication with the crypto exchange before it failed Senators Elizabeth Warren and Charles Grassley have scripted a letter to Rostin Behnam, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), seeking information about Behnam’s interactions with the former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, prior to the crypto exchange’s failure. The senators
The change would make recovering wallets significantly easier The fear of losing cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases keeps some users up at night. However, the upcoming Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 3074 upgrade comes with a new Petra hard fork “social recovery” feature that could solve Ethereum users’ problem of losing their seed phrases. According to a
The SEC has sent a “Wells notice” as it continues its attack on the cryptocurrency space Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap has recently been issued a Wells notice from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It’s the latest move by the securities regulator against the cryptocurrency space, although the attack will most likely lead nowhere.
The blockchain is dealing with validators who seem reluctant to keep the transactions moving Solana validators recently voted in a bid to reduce the latency of consensus “votes,” which could increase blockchain transaction speeds. Currently, the blockchain is suffering from slow processing times, brought on by the actions of some validators. The recommendation calls for
The move could help bring more clarity and stability to the crypto ecosystem An experienced US government official who served as the IRS Criminal Investigations team chief for three years has joined the cryptocurrency analytics firm Chainalysis. Chainalysis announced on April 8 that Jim Lee, a former IRS agent, has been appointed as the global
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