All posts tagged "Bitcoin"
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250AML / KYCTaiwan to Require Crypto Sector to Comply with AML Rules
Crypto exchanges and trading platforms will have to comply with AML requirements for conventional banks starting 1 July.
April 22, 2021 -
133EuropeHM Treasury, BOE Form CBDC Taskforce to Explore ‘Britcoin’
The taskforce will coordinate work to explore a potential 'Britcoin', though a decision has not been made on whether a CBDC would be introduced.
April 21, 2021 -
170AML / KYCFSS Korea Mulls New Crypto Rules to Counter ‘Kimchi Premium’
The plan is a response to growing suspicions that investors are purchasing bitcoin from overseas exchanges with the intent of selling them in Korea at a premium.
April 21, 2021 -
289EnforcementCFTC Penalises Coinbase for False Reporting, Wash Trading
The settlement requires Coinbase to pay $6.5mn, and desist from any further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act or CFTC regulations.
March 24, 2021 -
181AML / KYCBangladesh Officials Confirm Use of Bitcoin to Finance Terrorism
Two arrested militants have reportedly confessed to receiving funds through Bitcoin from extremist groups since 2014.
March 13, 2021 -
277EnforcementRipple, Top Execs File Responses to SEC Complaint
At meetings with crypto trading platforms as recently as 2019, SEC staff did not indicate it may have considered XRP a security, Ripple says.
March 7, 2021 -
222Fintech / RegtechEtrading Software Becomes Registration Authority for DTIs
The UK-headquartered technology provider has been nominated to become the registration authority for the new ISO standard for Digital Token Identifiers.
March 2, 2021 -
245AML / KYCAustralian Police Charge Man for Crypto Related Money Laundering
Police say the Sydney man directed “money launderers for hire” to convert nearly A$5.5mn of cash into bitcoin on his behalf.
February 24, 2021 -
158AML / KYCUS Prosecutors Unveils New Charges Against North Korean Hackers
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the three programmers said to be involved in the Sony, WannaCry, Bangladesh Bank and other attacks.
February 22, 2021 -
298Fintech / Regtech
Ripple Files Response to US SEC Defending XRP as Virtual Currency
The response notes that the DOJ, FinCEN and regulators in the UK, Singapore and Japan have all concluded that XRP is a virtual currency not subject to securities regulation.
February 1, 2021
