Netherlands Plans to Punish Crypto Scammers With Up to 6 Years in Jail
The Dutch government is about to get tougher with fraudulent schemes involving banking apps and cryptocurrencies.
The Dutch government is about to get tougher with fraudulent schemes involving banking apps and cryptocurrencies.
Credit cards and bank transfers – and their incumbent surveillance features – are no longer payment options for Greek citizens, they are obligations.
Crypto companies have filed 7,100 Suspicious Activity Reports since May, America’s anti-money-laundering chief said at a banking conference Tuesday.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants Telegram’s former chief investment advisor to testify and hand over documents related to the company's $1.7 billion 2018 token sale.
A panel of top U.S. financial regulators urged federal and state officials to monitor risks from digital assets like bitcoin.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed a new head of the cyber unit that tackles crypto firms breaking the law.
The U.S. government's charges against Virgil Griffith are overblown, says one attendee of the North Korean conference that led to the ethereum developer's arrest.
Sri Lanka's Central Bank wants to use a blockchain system for local banks' "know-your-customer" protocols.
Dutch crypto startups are crying foul as local regulators look to implement the EU 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive ahead of a Jan. 10 deadline.
Ghana is joining the ranks of nations eyeing the launch of a central bank digital currency, and is already in talks over a pilot project.
The market’s overreaction to President Xi’s praise of blockchain technology has prompted another crackdown, dashing hopes for a crypto-friendly China.
The central bank of France wants the eurozone to build a DLT-based settlement system that moves euros faster and more cheaply than existing tech.
“Just because you say you are a banana doesn’t make you a banana,” said Director Blanco.
The fraudster used diamonds and real estate to whisk away $300,000 in other people's money in 2017.
The crypto-friendly presidential candidate outlined his tech visions in a blog post to his campaign site.
The NAC argued that blockchain could improve the speed of payouts communities rely on in the wake of natural disasters.
The administrator of failed crypto exchange WEX has reportedly told Russian police that he was forced to hand over users' holdings to the FSB.
The Fed warned that a stablecoin crisis could wreak havoc on the global economy and outlined the steps issuers must take to protect the status quo.
The company claims that plaintiffs cannot prove Tether transactions caused bitcoin’s surge or that damages were incurred.
The BitForex exchange could be faking its bitcoin trading volume, according to a report by Philip Gradwell, chief economist at Chainalysis.
The Lviv branch of Ukrainian Railways has been caught red-handed diverting company electricity to mine bitcoin.
The move is another sign that the insurance industry is gradually becoming comfortable writing coverage for digital assets.
Kik has hit a brick wall with its ambitious "void for vagueness" defense in a case brought by the SEC over its $100 million initial coin offering.
Messaging app firm Telegram has made a new plea to a U.S. court to drop an action brought by the SEC alleging its token is a security.
The crypto custodian facilitates a sizable share of on-chain transactions, a sign of consolidation, and power, in the crypto space.
China's proposed digital yuan should strike a balance between protecting privacy and regulatory enforcement, a central bank official said.
In a sweeping rejection, the central bank quashed "unfounded" rumors that it had become the first monetary authority to issue a CBDC.
Huobi Chain, the regulator-facing public blockchain of exchange Huobi Group, is now open source and available to all developers on GitHub.
