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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The United States may have some of the world's best cryptographers working for the National Security Agency and other spy shops, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is crowdsourcing at least part of its effort to beat the algorithms that cloak information about certain cryptocurrencies. Even the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

PayPal is opening its network to allow consumers to shop using cryptocurrency. In the meantime, as central banks look toward a rough timeframe of 2025 to get up and running with digital fiat, McCarthy said that over the short term we’ll see more practical use cases leveraging cryptocurrencies — especially in the business-to-business space.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are continuing to attract attention from authorities for all the wrong reasons. Justice Department report is taking aim at the “emerging threats and enforcement challenges” associated with digital currencies, establishing a “Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework” to address problems.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- To make a government-backed cryptocurrency is to defeat the point of cryptocurrency, Jacob Eliosoff, a programmer, crypto trader, businessman, and teacher, explains in an interview with Bank Innovation. There is no shortage of interest in government-backed cryptocurrency in today’s world.

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MARCH 8, 2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission is telling investors to ask their cryptocurrency platforms 13 questions to weed out the “”potentially unlawful” ones.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Cryptocurrency is one of the fastest-moving industries in the digital world, with a market that was valued at $1.03 Bitcoin is one of the most famous names in the cryptocurrency space, accounting for $6 billion in daily transactions among 153 million registered user addresses. Cryptocurrency-related crimes totaled $4.3

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JANUARY 26, 2021

But step beyond bitcoin and enter the world of cryptocurrencies approaching mainstream acceptance. Wider adoption will be driven, in part, by regulatory frameworks that enhance security and foster trust in using cryptos in everyday commerce. Bitcoin gets all the headlines. They have some ideas of what they want to do,” Johnson said.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 21, 2017

Cryptocurrency and blockchain offer many potential benefits to banking customers, such as faster and more secure cross-border payments. But how about bank employees? A software development company Softjourn demoed “SJ Coins” (or Softjourn Coins)– a rewards system for employees– at the FinDEVr conference today.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

18) that it plans to regulate cryptocurrency advertising like other financial products and ensure that promotions are “fair, clear and not misleading,” according to a Bloomberg report. The ban applies to exchanges, banks and financial institutions licensed to provide cryptocurrency services. Treasury said Tuesday (Jan. On Monday (Jan.

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Payments Source

JULY 15, 2019

Facebook's announcement makes it more important than ever to clarify what a digital security and cryptocurrency are, and what they are not, according to Juan Hernandez, CEO of Openfinance and Carlos Domingo, CEO and co-founder of Securitize.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The People’s Republic of China will likely re-legalize cryptocurrency trading, ending its nation-wide ban on crypto exchanges from early September, as reported by cnLedger, a well-known source on cryptocurrency news in China.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 31, 2018

It was a tough year for cryptocurrencies. Over the past 12 months, Bitcoin – the most popular cryptocurrency – lost more than 70% of its market capitalization and Ethereum lost more than 80% of its value, according to digital currency exchange Coinbase.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

EXCLUSIVE -The chairs of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), John Clayton and J. Christopher Giancarlo respectively testified before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday on their regulatory ideas and concerns on cryptocurrency. Surprisingly, the sentiment was not a negative one.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 31, 2022

On May 19, 2022, the Associate Director of the Enforcement and Compliance Division of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), Alessio Evangelista, spoke at the Chainalysis Links Conference in New York City on the topic of “The Intersection of Cryptocurrencies and National Security.” Responsible Innovation “.

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JUNE 25, 2020

In today’s top news, Wirecard files for insolvency, and New York proposes easing regulations for cryptocurrency licenses. New York To Ease Cryptocurrency Regulations. The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has proposed a conditional licensing framework that promises to make it easier for cryptocurrency startups.

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JULY 29, 2020

He added that while cryptocurrency is important, the blockchain technology behind it is equally so. “Cryptocurrency for us has always been beyond the asset itself but more on the blockchain technology that underpins it,” he said, according to Bloomberg. Crypto trading is currently available in 40 states in the U.S.,

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Japan’s cryptocurrency exchanges have reported a total of 669 suspected money laundering cases to the country’s National Police Agency, according to a report by Nikkei Asian Review.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

A New York State politician announced the creation of what he called the nation’s first cryptocurrency task force, to “study how to properly regulate, define and use” the currency, according to a Facebook post and reports. Cryptocurrency, however, is more than just an asset that stores value.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 18, 2019

unveiled plans for a new cryptocurrency that the social-media giant hopes will one day trade on a global scale much like the U.S. Facebook Inc.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Coinbase, a platform that allows users to buy, sell and store cryptocurrency, said it is considering adding 30 new cryptocurrencies to its roster for trading, according to a report. Coinbase has ambitious plans for cryptocurrencies. This year, it added Ethereum Classic, 0x, USD Coin, Basic Attention Token and Zcash.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – When it comes to cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), it seems that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have their work cut out for them to balance technological innovation with protecting investors.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The Acting Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, Keith Noreika, has stated that he is considering imposing a nationwide licensing program for cryptocurrency exchanges, similar to the licensing program recently enacted in Japan. Last week, Japan’s […].

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Communications Nikolai Nikiforov has announced that the Russian state will “quickly” issue its own cryptocurrency, called the “CryptoRuble,” as reported by the Russian publication AIF.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 21, 2018

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

While Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra hangs in regulatory limbo over concerns of money laundering and a threat to financial stability, popular social network Telegram has plans to release its own cryptocurrency by October, according to a report by The New York Times. “A

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Even after shutting down dozens of bitcoin exchanges and banning bitcoin executives from leaving its borders, the“mouthpiece” for the People’s Bank of China, Financial News, published an article declaring that Beijing should “accelerate the process of launching a digital currency after it curbed the risks of [en]cryptocurrencies.”

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JULY 29, 2020

He added that while cryptocurrency is important, the blockchain technology behind it is equally so. “Cryptocurrency for us has always been beyond the asset itself but more on the blockchain technology that underpins it,” he said, according to Bloomberg. Crypto trading is currently available in 40 states in the U.S.,

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Perficient

MAY 25, 2023

PEC was approved as a special purpose broker-dealer (“SPBD”) for digital asset securities. The approval allows Promethium to custody digital asset securities on behalf of both retail and institutional clients. The significance of this is two-fold.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2017

As far as cryptocurrencies have come in recent years, a number of security and fraud risk elements still remain. The ability to reliably tie cryptocurrency transactions to individuals could be a game changer for law enforcement. But developers are working to bring the seedier side of bitcoin to a close.

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JULY 16, 2019

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin believes that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency could pose as a national security threat. In a press conference on Monday (July 15), Mnuchin warned that Libra “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.”.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Cryptocurrency exchange and remittance company Ripple has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit against it on procedural grounds, according to a report by Fortune. The lawsuit, which alleges that Ripple illegally sold unregistered securities related to the XRP cryptocurrency, could have some repercussions in the crypto world.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In Bulletin 2021-36 Freddie Mac addresses cryptocurrency in the mortgage qualification process. Freddie Mac indicated that it is providing guidance “[d]ue to the high level of uncertainty associated with cryptocurrency.”. those assets may not be in the form of cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency must be exchanged for U.S.

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The Paypers

MAY 28, 2024

Brazil-based financial services platform Nubank has introduced a cryptocurrency transfer feature with improved security.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Wells Fargo will not be joining some of the other big banks in banning its customers from purchasing cryptocurrency with their credit/debit cards, Bank Innovation has learned.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2019

Crypto hubs are creating digital currencies to bolster local commerce within cities: Tel Aviv, for instance, is distributing cryptocurrency in an experimental rewards program. As for the cryptocurrency effort in Tel Aviv, the city started to use the reward program during the Eurovision song contest that happened in the city in May.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Distributed denial of service attacks, otherwise known as DDoS , have now added a cryptocurrency mining twist to the scam, requiring victims to pay the ransom. In one example, a note demanded 50 XMR, or Monero, which is a cryptocurrency. The report noted that as of March 3, this amount of Monero was worth around $16,000.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The cryptocurrency market is continuing its descent with the market hitting a new ten-month low after the price of Ether declined and regulators in the U.S. halted trading in two securities that are tied to cryptocurrency. percent at 5:00 p.m.

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