The government agency hinted at possible additional sanctions for "financial institutions, cyber insurance firms, and companies involved in digital forensics and incident response" that facilitated ransomware payments.
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Belarus has lots of abandoned industrial sites that could be used to generate revenue through cryptocurrency mining, the Belarusian president said.
3997Griffith will likely spend the next two months in jail before his trial in September.
61074Russia needs to move to Bitcoin to provide a “real financial instrument enabling independence in foreign trade settlements,” Deripaska argued.
3675A difficult-to-enforce ban may actually be part of a larger sanctions-avoidance strategy.
7842As the Kremlin sequesters funds to the opposition, Bitcoin serves to run blockades.
9856But security tokens are not ready to take over the world quite yet.
11921BitPay apparently screened merchants but not customers.
16296The settlement repeats the Treasury's message that crypto companies will need to know their customers.
9673Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro claims the country will “use all the cryptocurrencies in the world” to bypass U.S. sanctions.
88322020 has apparently been the year of privacy wallets, as more exchanges onboard KYC requirements.
4109This seemingly fight-or-flight response to blockchain’s rising ubiquity may be too little, too late.
8397The Venezuelan army turns to crypto mining as the country's economy collapses.
13065The Director of National Intelligence wants to have the SEC’s leader briefed on the dangers of the U.S. falling behind in crypto.
16177Government lawyers implied that citizens could legally pass along nuclear secrets to North Korea if held to the same standards as Griffith.
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