Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Crypto analytics firm Chainalysis has previewed an in-depth report on money laundering within the crypto space, providing insights into tracing illicit funds and advanced identification techniques. The firm discovered that since 2019, nearly $100 bil...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
U.S. lawmakers have submitted a resolution calling on the Nigerian government to immediately release the jailed Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan. In the resolution submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the lawmakers urge the United States...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Stand with Crypto, a global movement advocating for sensible crypto innovation and policy, has expanded to Canada. Originating in the U.S. with over 1.1 million advocates, the movement is now active in the UK and aims to amplify Canadian voices. With...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
David Fischer, who serves as a plant manager for a Bitcoin mine owned by Marathon Digital, a public Bitcoin mining company, has been acquitted of having responsibility for several noise complaints brought by citizens living nearby. The operation, loc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
To preempt lawsuits and counter allegations that they are training their respective artificial intelligence (AI) models with illegally obtained data, AI firms should rely on publicly available or open-source data, according to Alberto Fernandez. Fern...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Three-quarters of the jurisdictions surveyed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “are only partially or not compliant” with the anti-money laundering recommendation for the virtual assets sector. According to the latest FATF update,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Binance is reportedly seeking to reduce its stake in the South Korean crypto exchange Gopax’s parent company, Streami, to approximately 10%. Binance’s mooted sale of the stake to Megazone comes just over a year after Binance acquired the contro...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
DBS, a leading financial services group in Asia, reports a significant increase in the trading value of digital payment tokens on its digital exchange for the first five months of this year. The surge reflects growing institutional interest in digita...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The People’s Bank of China and the National Bank of Kazakhstan have signed an agreement to collaborate on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). This collaboration agreement, formalized during President Xi Jinping’s visit to Kazakhstan, aims...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Several federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), convened at a Fraud Disruption Conference to combat crypto scams, particularly the “pig butchering” fraud...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Crypto exchange Bitmex has pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) by failing to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering (AML) program, resulting in the company being a vehicle for large-scale money laundering. The DOJ announced thi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
CME Group, a leading global markets company, has announced the launch of XRP and ICP reference rates and real-time indices. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse explained that the first step towards institutional crypto products is having a trusted benchmark...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Pixelverse, a Web3 gaming ecosystem, has secured an additional $2 million in funding, bringing its total private round to $7.5 million. This funding was provided by several Web3 venture capital firms and prominent angel investors. Web3 Gaming Platfor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Binance is celebrating its seventh anniversary, reflecting on its growth and achievements in the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency industry. In an open letter, Binance CEO Richard Teng shared his insights and perspective on the company’s journey and fu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty discusses key issues including cryptocurrency’s future under a potential second Trump administration, highlighting former President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto stance and criticism of Democratic policies. Hagerty a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The German government has sold its entire bitcoin holdings, according to data from crypto intelligence firm Arkham. “The German government is now out of bitcoin,” the firm wrote. This divestment began in June, with funds transfe...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The Paraguayan senate has passed a series of reforms that changed penalties for energy and cryptocurrency mining-related energy theft. Now, individuals and companies found to be stealing energy for cryptocurrency mining activities will face jail time...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
President Nayib Bukele compared himself to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after announcing that Farmers’ Markets, an initiative of the Agriculture Ministry of El Salvador focused on offering lower prices to Salvadorans in selected it...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Arthur Hayes, co-founder of Bitmex, argues that the upcoming U.S. presidential election presents a unique opportunity for crypto advocates to leverage their voting power. With both major political parties vying for a narrow margin of swing voters, Ha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The third quarter of 2024 has been tumultuous for the crypto market, with significant selling pressures and regulatory uncertainties affecting bitcoin and other digital assets. Coinbase Institutional reports that indiscriminate selling by the German...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Bitfarms Ltd. has scheduled a special shareholders meeting for Oct. 29, 2024, in response to a requisition from Riot Platforms, Inc. The announcement on Friday claims Riot aims to disrupt Bitfarms’ ongoing strategic review process and acquire t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Digital assets showed significant growth in the first half of 2024, driven by increased institutional interest and the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs. According to a report from CME Group and Glassnode, these factors have cemented digital assets as a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
WienerAI (WAI) has entered the final stretch of its presale phase. With just 19 days left, WienerAI’s presale has raised over $7.3 million – and counting. The project’s mix of humor and advanced tech has resonated, drawing attent...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has concluded its investigation into Stacks, a Bitcoin scaling network, and its original developer, Hiro Systems, with no recommended enforcement actions. This investigation began in 2021 despite clai...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced another day of net inflows on Thursday, marking five consecutive trading days of positive movement. The ETFs accumulated $78.93 million, with Blackrock’s IBIT leading by bringing i...
