Gearing up for new battles against data-driven monopolies, antitrust enforcers may well look to blockchain as a way of getting honest data from companies they don't trust. ...
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If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? BitMex onboards more aggressive Chainalysis measures in advance of a response to the CFTC. Still facing a courtroom as...
The Justice Department's November 2020 suit has reversed the planned merger. The United States Department of Justice saw a victory in a major fintech ac...
From capping off the era of ICOs to tightening regulations on private wallets, U.S. financial watchdogs waded deeper into the crypto land than ever in 2020. ...
The DoJ thinks the FBI needs to shape up when it comes to its cryptocurrency support teams. A recently released U.S. Department of Justice audit of the ...
Robert Farkas will face the lightest felony sentence possible for his role in Centra Tech's 2017 ICO. A Manhattan court has sentenced the operator of th...
Attorney General William Barr tendered his resignation to President Trump last night, opening up the conversation as to how a Biden-appointed successor will handle crypto. ...
Major figure in Justice Department's cyber work is out from the policy office, but no word on where she's heading next. Per a Dec. 11 announcement from...
Intuit, which also owns TurboTax, can't hold all the keys to consumer tax software, the DoJ says. Per an announcement and series of filings on Wednesday...
DoJ is now determined to hold the crypto industry to cross-border enforcement standards that have long applied to other sectors of finance. In early Oct...
The blockchain intelligence and surveillance company Chainalysis revealed the launch of a new program that aims to help governments and insolvency practitioners sell seized cryptocurrencies. The news follows the recent U.S. government seizure of more than 69,000 BTC worth over $1 billion on November 3. Blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis announced the launch of a new […]
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New technology will help screen out bad actors, BitMEX says. BitMEX, one of the world’s biggest Bitcoin (BTC) trading platforms, continues to strengthen...
With the election taking all the air out of the room, we look at what new appointments at the DoJ could mean. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysi...
The government of Brazil requested assistance from US authorities regarding a crypto fraud scheme called “Operation Egypto.” According to a Wednesday fi...
Monopolizing a market is legal in some instances, but not others. The United States Department of Justice is filing suit against Visa for its acquisiti...
The move follows widespread crackdowns by the DoJ on crypto. In a filing from Wednesday, the Department of Justice asked to seize $1 billion from an un...
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says it has seized cryptocurrencies worth $24 million after receiving an official request from the government of Brazil. The seizure stems from an ongoing investigation into the $200 million cryptocurrency scam that may have defrauded tens of thousands of Brazilians. The authorities in Brazil say the scammers duped […]
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The age-old question quis custodiet ipsos custodes crops up in force in today's Law Decoded. The United States is girding its loins for an election tha...
U.S. regulator's growing distrust in tech companies is not stopping them from extending their services into the crypto industry. As technology titans in...
With new changes to the Travel Rule up for discussion and a bevy of new cases in the courts, it's time to look at how U.S. AML law is shifting to cope with crypto. ...
Regulators are addressing the growing threat of transnational cybercrimes in the financial industry. The United States faces a growing threat of transna...
These week's news highlighted how governments test new regimes for cryptocurrency, which can be slow but are certainly some kind of progress. A line fro...
The hire comes after BitMEX's founders were charged with failing to prevent money laundering and operating an unregistered trading platform illegally in the United States. ...
The department, along with other international agencies, alleged end-to-end encryption can create “severe risks to public safety.” The U.S. Department ...
