USA | ForkLog - Part 67

ForkLog 23 10.12.2023

Tether freezes all OFAC-sanctioned crypto wallets

The issuer of the USDT stablecoin — Tether — announced a new policy to freeze wallets belonging to OFAC-sanctioned individuals and entities.

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ForkLog 15 07.12.2023

Seattle court accepts CZ’s guilty plea to anti-money-laundering charges.

A United States district judge in Seattle has accepted the guilty plea of former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) in connection with anti-money-laundering violations.

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ForkLog 14 07.12.2023

JPMorgan CEO calls on US authorities to shut down cryptocurrencies

Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, told U.S. lawmakers that serious restrictions on digital assets are needed.

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ForkLog 25 07.12.2023

Bitzlato founder pleads guilty to laundering $700m and agrees to close the company

The founder of the Bitzlato crypto-exchange, Anatoly Legkodymov, pleaded guilty to transferring and laundering criminal proceeds.

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ForkLog 11 05.12.2023

Focus of IRS investigations shifts to tax evasion

IRS: three years ago, the overwhelming majority of cryptocurrency investigations (more than 90%) were related to money laundering. In the past year, about half of them involved tax evasion.

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ForkLog 18 05.12.2023

U.S. court rules SEC misrepresented information in the DEBT Box case

A U.S. federal court found that SEC lawyers misled it in an effort to freeze the assets of the mining company DEBT Box.

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ForkLog 31 30.11.2023

Bitcoin mixer Sinbad.io sanctioned by the United States after server seizures

On November 29, OFAC added the cryptocurrency-mixing service Sinbad.io to the sanctions list for laundering assets of the North Korean Lazarus group.

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ForkLog 27 29.11.2023

U.S. presidential candidate proposes using Bitcoin to counter CBDCs

U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called Bitcoin a response to the CBDC threat, which he described as an 'elegant solution' for transactional freedoms.

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ForkLog 12 28.11.2023

Changpeng Zhao steps down from Binance.US board

Co-founder and former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has stepped down as chair of the Binance.US board.

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ForkLog 43 24.11.2023

Wallet of Satoshi ceases US customer support

The team behind the custodial Lightning wallet Wallet of Satoshi announced the removal of the app from the App Store and Google Play in the United States.

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ForkLog 12 23.11.2023

In the United States, proposals to regulate lawyers’ use of AI.

The use by lawyers of generative artificial intelligence tools, including ChatGPT, should be regulated.

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ForkLog 14 23.11.2023

Prosecutors seek to bar CZ from leaving the United States

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao must remain in the United States until the verdict in his case on February 23, 2024, according to prosecutors’ motion.

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