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CFTC Flexes Record Crypto Seizures & Regulation Enforcements in 2023 Fiscal Year Report
In a show of regulatory muscle, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) clamped down on illicit activities in the crypto space in 20...

Coinbase Faces Kazakhstan Blockade Over Digital Assets Laws
Kazakhstan authorities have reportedly, blocked citizens from accessing the website of the Coinbase crypto exchange. Since the beginning of ...

Where Will Sam Bankman-Fried Be Sent to Prison? The Options are Bleak.
Sam Bankman-Fried is now entering a new, darker chapter in his life, as the last one ended with a guilty verdict in his criminal trial in Ne...

Taiwan Authorities Unravel Massive $320 Million Crypto Money Laundering Network
Taiwan authorities have uncovered the largest money laundering network in the region, processing USDT transactions worth more than $320 mill...

Gary Gensler Wishes Bitcoin a Happy Birthday on Halloween, Asks Crypto Firms to Stop ‘Tricking’ Investors
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler today wished Bitcoin a happy birthday by using Halloween to poke fun at the crypt...

Is Portugal Europeâs Crypto Tax Heaven? Legal Expert Shares Insights and Loopholes
Portugal, with its tax-friendly stance on crypto, stands as a beacon for investors in the digital asset industry. The countryâs unique tax...

US Lawmakers Accuse Binance and Tether of Enabling Hamas Funding
Binance has come under the scrutiny of the US government for its alleged support of Hamas crypto transactions. But US lawmakers have also re...

Terrorist fundraising: Is crypto really to blame?
The ghastly events of this past month raise again some troubling questions: Does crypto have a terrorist fundraising problem? Are its networ...

Taiwan introduces crypto bill to Parliament
On Oct. 25, Taiwanese legislators introduced the Virtual Asset Management Bill to the unicameral parliament, the Legislative Yuan. The bill ...

Cynthia Lummis leads the charge calling for DOJ action against Binance and Tether
Cynthia Lummis, a crypto proponent representing Wyoming in the United States Senate, has called on the U.S. Justice Department to consider c...

Why Senator Cynthia âCrypto Queenâ Lummis Calls on Justice Department to Charge Binance
The grey areas in the regulatory frameworks around cryptos often open doors to illicit activities. This concern has triggered Senator Cynthi...

Bitcoin Senator Urges âSwift Actionâ Against Binance, Tether for Links to Terrorist Groups
U.S. lawmakers today urged the Department of Justice to press ahead with an investigation into Binance and Tether to see if the crypto giant...