The founding members of the task force are Chainalysis, Elliptic, GDF and Safello, who will together work to support sanctions compliance in the crypto industry.
April 18, 2022OFAC has sanctioned Russia-based website Hydra Market and crypto exchange Garantex for facilitating transactions for ransomware actors.
April 8, 2022The stablecoin is expected to help investors avoid the costs and exchange rate risk associated with converting AUD into USD to trade in crypto markets.
March 25, 2022Sberbank and Gazprombank not included in ban; Global banks demonstrating "extreme caution"; Crypto exchanges under pressure to Russia-linked transactions.
March 3, 2022Wash trading profits are likely derived from sales to "unsuspecting buyers", who believe the NFTs they purchase have been growing in value.
February 11, 2022A new Europol report highlights that the illicit use of crypto includes "all types of crime that require transfers of monetary value".
January 29, 2022Chainalysis estimates that illicit wallet addresses received $14bn throughout 2021, but this represented just 0.15% of total transaction volumes in crypto during the year.
January 18, 2022Guidance from the Crypto Climate Accord describes how stakeholders in the crypto sector can measure, track, and report their electricity use and GHG emissions.
December 21, 2021CBA will offer customers the ability to buy, sell and hold crypto assets directly through its ‘CommBank’ app, which is currently used by close to six million customers.
November 5, 2021SEC chairman Gary Gensler likens DeFi to P2P lending. In 2008, the SEC said promissory notes issued to P2P investors were securities.
August 26, 2021