Payoneer will deploy ThetaRay's SONAR solution from Q2 2022.

A Goldman Sachs senior chairman has asked why crypto is not having a moment despite “the inflating U.S. dollar” and governments demonstrating that they can and will freeze accounts under certain circumstances. “Not seeing it in the price, so far,” he said. Goldman Sachs’ Blankfein Has a Question About Crypto Lloyd Blankfein, who […]

Hex Trust, an Asia-based crypto-asset custodian, today announced that it has completed its SOC 2 – SOC for Service Organizations: Trust Services Criteria assessment, conducted by Deloitte. An auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA), SOC 2 compliance affirms that Hex Trust’s information security policies, procedures, and operations meet rigorous […]

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Coinbase's chief counsel cited its geoblocking of Crimea while defending the exchange's decision not to ban Russia-based users.

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The Treasury says all US crypto exchanges should register with FinCEN as the industry faces pressure to align with Russian sanctions.

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Federal authorities tracked down and seized more than 94,000 bitcoin allegedly stolen from Bitfinex. But how did they get their hands on the pseudonymous funds?

Since the advent of BTC, cryptocurrency has taken the world by storm. After a few years of uncertainty around its potency and prospects, cryptocurrency has again and again proven to be a mainstay in the financial assets space. The crypto space provides various earning opinions, but trading remains the most adopted. However, the volatility of [...]

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Binance’s launch of fiat-to-crypto payments provider Bifinity on Monday, March 7, has met with immediate resistance from U.K’s top regulatory body – Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). With Monday’s launch, Binance confirmed that its newly launched Bifinity service will advance a $36 million convertible loan to Eqonex. This gives Bifinity some specific contractual rights over Eqonex.

The post U.K’s FCA Threatens to Cancel License for Binance’s Newly Launched Service Bifinity appeared first on CoinGape.

Coinbase said it blocked tens of thousands of accounts linked to Russian individuals and entities suspected of "illicit" activity

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Ron Wyden, a US Democrat Senator from Oregon and one of the most influential members of Congress in the country, has warned that a tough stance on cryptos could be unhealthy for the booming industry.

With the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia, many have stated that the imposing nation is going to look to bitcoin and assorted cryptocurrencies to avoid or get around sanctions enforced by the United States and its allies. In response to this, the U.S. is now creating a special task force to prevent that from...

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Today, Coinbase’s CFO Paul Grewal posted on the platform’s blog page announcing that Coinbase was already supporting the legal sanctions against Russia as a part of their goal to protect the integrity of all their transactions.

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