Paolo Ardoino says Tether hasn’t done anything to warrant any additional investigations from the SEC. Paolo Ardoino, the outspoken chief technology officer of Bitfinex, took to Twitter this week to dispel concerns that Tether could be the next target of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. In response to a tweet from CryptoQuant CEO […]
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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 the Department of Justice, Assistant Attorney General Beth Williams is out of the policy department Since 2017, Williams has been a leader at the Office of Legal Policy. Though the […]
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The New York Attorney General’s Office has reported that Ifinex is cooperating in producing documents regarding Bitfinex and Tether’s business relations from April 2019. The Office of the New York Attorney General, or OAG, has requested a deadline extension for iFinex Inc — the parent company of both crypto exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether […]
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The head of a major Mexcian financial intelligence unit has complained that local law enforcement has only a quarter of the staff it needs to respond to crypto laundering from cartels. Mexican authorities report an increase in the use of crypto assets to launder funds by criminal syndicates in Latin America. In a Dec. 8 […]
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Libel laws and new faces at the U.S. securities regulator lead the week’s news. Editor’s no Amid a political news cycle that has been stuck in a nauseating loop, covering crypto is often refreshing. Partisan forces have yet to dig out the trenches. A lot of the current task is just getting working definitions in […]
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The fraudulent mobile app has already received over 100 downloads. A fraudulent mobile application claiming to be the Uniswap exchange has reportedly stolen money from an investor, offering an important reminder of the scams that still pervade the nascent cryptocurrency industry. Alex Saunders, founder and CEO of the Australia-based Nuggets News, recently reported that one […]
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The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission is set to move on after three-and-a-half years in the role. Jay Clayton, who has served as the chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission since May 2017, will be leaving the agency by the end of 2021. In its official news release, the agency […]
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The delisting of Dash and Zcash has some wondering about the future of privacy coins on major exchanges. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that regulators are starting to pay close attention to cryptocurrencies this year. For instance, as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) continues to soar, it’s predicted that regulators will start taking direct […]
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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 analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note Are you over the election? I’m over the election. But you can […]
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The U.S. Department of Justice has articulated its digital enforcement strategy, putting the crypto community on notice. The United States Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force recently unveiled the result of its months-long effort to evaluate emerging cryptocurrency-related threats and articulate law enforcement strategies for countering them. The resulting guidance leaves the reader with an impression […]
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