USA | ForkLog - Part 184

ForkLog 133 27.10.2020

How Palantir Works: A Company Arming the Security Services with Mass-Surveillance Algorithms

One of the most enigmatic companies of our era. A secret software developer for the security services. A firm that knows everything about you. This is how various media described the American software company Palantir Technologies, which works in data analytics.

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ForkLog 9 26.10.2020

Hackers stole 300,000 USDT from investors who stored private keys in Evernote

U.S. authorities have seized more than 300,000 USDT in connection with a cryptocurrency wallet hack. Hackers gained access through the Evernote cloud service.

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ForkLog 21 26.10.2020

US Residents to Report Crypto Assets Received Through Airdrops

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) presented amendments to Form 1040 for filing individual income tax returns. The updated return requires residents to report coins received as a result of hard forks.

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ForkLog 8 26.10.2020

Kanye West: Bitcoin community understands humanity’s true freedom

The Bitcoin community has ideas about how to free America and humanity. This was stated by the famous rapper and U.S. presidential candidate Kanye West in an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast.

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ForkLog 30 25.10.2020

U.S. crypto-industry players unveil plan to implement FATF requirements

A consortium of leading U.S. cryptocurrency companies, including Coinbase and Gemini, has unveiled an official plan for its members to comply with the FATF's anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements.

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ForkLog 15 25.10.2020

Ethereum Foundation researcher files motion to dismiss North Korea sanctions conspiracy charges

Former Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith has filed a motion to dismiss charges of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on the grounds that prosecutors failed to establish his crime properly. Cointelegraph reports.

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ForkLog 19 24.10.2020

US to cut reporting threshold for international transfers to $250, including Bitcoin

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the U.S. Federal Reserve proposed to substantially reduce the threshold for cross-border transactions above which individuals must report the source of funds and banks must exchange information about their customers.

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ForkLog 29 20.10.2020

FinCEN Imposes First-Ever Fine on Bitcoin Mixer

Larry Din Harmon, founder of the cryptocurrency-mixing service Helix and CEO of Coin Ninja, was fined $60 million at the request of FinCEN.

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ForkLog 25 19.10.2020

U.S. Justice Department charges Russian hackers over Olympic attacks in Korea and French elections

The U.S. Department of Justice charged six Russian nationals with hacking attacks against infrastructure in France, South Korea, Ukraine and the United States. All of them, according to the department, were officers in the GRU's Military Unit 74455.

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ForkLog 21 19.10.2020

Fed Chair: For the United States, getting the digital currency right matters more than being first

In creating a cross-border digital currency for the Federal Reserve System (Fed), it is more important not to rush its issuance but to do it with the right approach, said Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

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ForkLog 7 16.10.2020

Coinbase received about 2,000 government requests in six months

The largest U.S. bitcoin exchange Coinbase published its first transparency report, noting that in the first half of 2020 the company received 1,914 government information requests.

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ForkLog 14 16.10.2020

US charges six individuals in drug-cartel money laundering via cryptocurrency

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged participants in an organised crime group that laundered funds for Mexican drug cartels.

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