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Fintastico Team
2 weeks
https://www.coindesk.com/binance-cuts-time-need...
Binance Cuts Time Needed for BTC, ETH Deposits and Withdrawals - CoinDesk
Binance has just cut the number of block confirmations needed to make withdrawals and deposits in two top cryptocurrencies.
Fintastico Team
1 month, 3 weeks
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/05/147792...
Monero Developers Defend Their Cryptocurrency Against Allegations of Criminal Use
The development team behind the 'privacy coin' Monero has taken exception to a Reuters report profiling the coin and highlighting its use by criminals. 'For a story that 'examines the features and characteristics of some of the alternatives to Bitcoin that have grabbed the attention
Fintastico Team
2 months
https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-exchange-binanc...
Crypto Exchange Binance Confirms Margin Trading Coming 'Soon': Report - CoinDesk
Binance has told TechCrunch it's launching margin trading "soon," after the crypto exchange accidentally revealed the service in a tweeted image.
Fintastico Team
2 months, 2 weeks
https://www.ccn.com/binance-7000-bitcoin-ceo-re...
Binance CEO Reveals New Details of 'Damaging' $44 Million Bitcoin Hack
By CCN: On May 10, Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, released a security incident update regarding the firm’s loss of 7,000 bitcoin. Following the high-profile security breach of the exchange
Fintastico Team
2 months, 3 weeks
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/05/147072...
Crypto Valley Regulatory & Policy Working Group Task Force Publishes Recommendations Addressing FATF Virtual Asset Statement
Last February, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a statement on 'virtual assets' recognizing the need to mitigate risk associated with money laundering and terrorist financing when it comes to cryptocurrency. The 'draft interpretive note' regarding a segment on pending recommendations was open for
Fintastico Team
2 months, 3 weeks
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-unveils-...
Binance Unveils Latest Compliance Partnership Targeting Anti-Money Laundering
The third deal in six weeks for Binance sees the platform attempt to make its regulatory stance watertight amid expansion.
Fintastico Team
2 months, 3 weeks
https://www.coindesk.com/binances-compliance-dr...
Binance's Compliance Drive Continues With New Elliptic Partnership - CoinDesk
Binance has partnered with blockchain analytics startup Elliptic to combat money laundering as it continues to expand.
Fintastico Team
2 months, 3 weeks
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/04/146875...
Hamas Sophisticating Its Bitcoin Donations System
Israeli civic-defence groups have been sounding the alarm since January that the militant Palestinian-liberation organization Hamas has started raising funds via Bitcoin. And while donations of Bitcoins to Hamas so far pale in comparison to the millions of dollars Hamas is believed to receive from
Fintastico Team
2 months, 4 weeks
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/04/146815...
Cryptocurrency Forensics Firm Chainalysis Adds Tracking of Four 'Stable Coins'
Chainalysis, an American company at the forefront of cryptoforensics (cryptocurrency transaction investigation), says it has added tracking of four 'stable coins' to the suite of coins its 'KYT' software can monitor. Chainalysis says its KYT (Know Your Transaction) software has already been being used by,
Fintastico Team
2 months, 4 weeks
https://www.ccn.com/hamas-new-crypto-wallets-bi...
Hamas Plays Whack-a-Mole Crypto Wallet While Raising $7,400 in Bitcoin
By CCN.com: The military wing of Hamas, Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, is upping its crypto game by soliciting bitcoin in a bid to deter tracking. With its crowdfunding operation using cryptocurrencies having attracted undue attention, Izz
Fintastico Team
2 months, 4 weeks
https://cointelegraph.com/news/report-hamas-mil...
Report: Hamas’ Militant Wing Using Multiple BTC Wallet Addresses to Elude Authorities
The militant arm of Hamas is reportedly using increasingly complex measures to frustrate authorities’ attempts to track the flow of its cryptocurrency financing.
Fintastico Team
3 months
https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-intel...
Blockchain Intelligence Firm Chainalysis Expands Monitoring Tools to Cover 10 Cryptos
New York-based blockchain compliance firm Chainalysis has expanded its real-time transaction monitoring services.
Fintastico Team
4 months, 1 week
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/03/145267...
Blockchain Forensics Firm CipherTrace Issues Statement in Response to #DeleteCoinbase Campaign
CipherTrace, a 'blockchain forensics' firm that provides law enforcement and other clients with real-world data on cryptocurrency transactions, has issued a statement assuring the public that it does not sell data it obtains during the course of business to any third parties. The statement comes
Fintastico Team
4 months, 2 weeks
https://www.coindesk.com/coinbases-reputation-c...
Coinbase Now Says It Never Shared 'Personally Identifiable' Customer Data - CoinDesk
The Coinbase reputation crisis continues, this time with questions related to how the company plans to use customer data.
Fintastico Team
4 months, 2 weeks
https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-analy...
Blockchain Analytics Firm Chainalysis Outlines User Data Policy Amid Coinbase Allegations
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has published a statement clarifying that it does not collect or sell users’ personal data when it provides its services to cryptocurrency exchanges.
Fintastico Team
4 months, 2 weeks
https://www.coindesk.com/coinbases-reputation-c...
Coinbase Now Says It Never Shared 'Personally Identifiable' Customer Data - CoinDesk
The Coinbase reputation crisis continues, this time with questions related to how the company plans to use customer data.
Fintastico Team
4 months, 2 weeks
https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-technol...
Coinbase Technology Partner Refutes Alleged Collection, Sale of User Data to Third Parties
Elliptic has refuted allegations that it collects and sells clients’ user data to third parties for financial gain.
Fintastico Team
4 months, 2 weeks
https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-ceo-ex-...
Coinbase CEO: Ex-Hacking Team Neutrino Members Will Transition Out of Company Roles
Brian Armstrong says that Neutrino staff with prior connections to controversial software firm Hacking Team will transition out of their new roles at Coinbase.
Fintastico Team
4 months, 4 weeks
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/02/144807...
Alleged Bitcoin Launderer Accused of Handling Funds for Russian US Election Hackers Ends Lengthy Hunger Strike
Alexander Vinnik, a Russian citizen accused of laundering billions while allegedly running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange in London, has ended his 80-day hunger strike, Urdu Point reports. Vinnik was detained in the summer of 2017 after being arrested while vacationing in Greece with his family.
Fintastico Team
5 months, 2 weeks
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/02/144231...
'Sleeping Giant' Wakes: Google Building Comprehensive Crypto Block Explorer
A software developer with a background in using multiple small computers to analyze the human genome is building a master blockchain surveillance tool for Google he hopes will show what their real use is, Forbes reports. According to Forbes, Google has so far been behind
Fintastico Team
5 months, 2 weeks
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/77184/cur...
Currency.com launches tokenised securities platform
Currency.com, a next-generation blockchain technology company, today announced the launch of the world’s first fully-functional trading platform for tokenised securities, which allows investors to trade, invest in, and benefit from exposure to, real-world financial instruments by directly using cryptocurrencies.
Fintastico Team
6 months
https://dailyfintech.com/2019/01/21/blockchain-...
Blockchain Front Page: Anonymous transactions in Bitcoin
Last week our theme was “Bitcoin Whales, Bulls & Bears Heading to zero? Or heading to $1 million? Your call” Our theme for this week is “Anonymous transactions in Bitcoin̶…
Fintastico Team
7 months, 3 weeks
https://www.ccn.com/deutsche-banks-money-launde...
Deutsche Money Laundering Scandal Shows Biased Crypto Narrative
While crypto continues to be targeted by the press, a growing number of banks are being investigated for processing payments for criminal organizations.
Fintastico Team
9 months, 2 weeks
https://cointelegraph.com/news/from-encrypted-m...
From Encrypted Messaging to Critical Fire Systems: Blockchain for Security Sector
Law enforcement agencies and the military could benefit from blockchain as much as financial institutions do.
Fintastico Team
9 months, 3 weeks
https://www.ccn.com/alleged-bitcoin-launderer-a...
Alleged Bitcoin Launderer Alexander Vinnik Questioned by French Officials
The legal saga surrounding alleged bitcoin launderer Alexander Vinnik continues to grow more complicated as three countries wage an extradition fight.
Fintastico Team
9 months, 3 weeks
https://www.ccn.com/cryptocurrency-exchanges-ha...
Cryptocurrency Exchanges Were Used to Launder $88 Million Since 2016
Over 46 cryptocurrency exchanges around the globe assisted criminals in laundering more than $88 million, a WSJ report alleges.
Fintastico Team
9 months, 4 weeks
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2018/09/139486...
Blockchain Analysis Spending by US Government Agencies Has Tripled in 2018
Government agencies in the US have more than tripled the amount of money they are allotting to private firms doing forensics on blockchains like Bitcoin, says weekly newsletter for institutions, diar. The biggest spender by far is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which is 'accounting
Fintastico Team
10 months
https://cointelegraph.com/news/public-records-s...
Public Records Show US Government Tripled Investment in Blockchain Analysis Firms in 2018
New research into publicly available records shows that U.S. government agencies have tripled their investment in blockchain intelligence firms this year.
Fintastico Team
10 months, 3 weeks
https://www.ccn.com/a-former-bitcoin-exchange-a...
A Former Bitcoin Exchange Admin Could Be Key to Mueller's Russia Investigation
A Russian citizen accused of running a cryptocurrency exchange that helped a billion dollar money laundering operation could be in possession of valuable information that could potentially expose how a group of Russians indicted recently by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller managed to hide their money trail using bitcoin.
Fintastico Team
10 months, 3 weeks
https://www.ccn.com/the-petro-probably-doesnt-e...
The Petro Probably Doesn't Exist, Nor the Oil Reserves Backing It: Report
A month after Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro announced the creation of the Petro, a state-backed cryptocurrency that would supposedly bring the country out of six-figure hyperinflation, the only place the Petro seems to exist is in the media.