USA | ForkLog - Part 74

ForkLog 44 03.11.2023

Russian woman sanctioned by US for aiding oligarchs with cryptocurrency

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Russian national Ekaterina Zhdanova.

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ForkLog 13 03.11.2023

Coinbase launches crypto-futures trading for U.S. residents

The Coinbase platform, via its subsidiary Coinbase Financial Markets, opened access for US retail clients to trade regulated crypto futures settled in USD.

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ForkLog 23 03.11.2023

ChatGPT and Bard developers accused of stealing media content from news outlets

The News Media Alliance, representing U.S. and Canadian news publishers, was outraged by the use of their content by OpenAI and Google to train chatbots.

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ForkLog 13 03.11.2023

U.S. authorities seek to forfeit more than $54 million in cryptocurrency from drug traffickers

The U.S. Attorney's Office filed a civil forfeiture action to recover cryptocurrency worth more than $54 million that had previously been seized in a drug-trafficking case.

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ForkLog 19 01.11.2023

Oyster Pearl founder Bruno Block sentenced to four years in U.S. prison

Judge Colleen McMahon of the Southern District of New York sentenced Amir Elmaani, founder of the Oyster Pearl cryptocurrency project, also known as Bruno Block, to four years in prison.

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ForkLog 27 30.10.2023

US unveils new AI-safety standards

On Oct. 30, the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden published a document setting new safety and protection standards for artificial intelligence.

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ForkLog 18 27.10.2023

US lawmakers urge tighter crypto industry restrictions to combat terrorism

US Senator Cynthia Lummis and Representative French Hill sent a letter to the DOJ asking to carefully assess the extent to which Binance and Tether provide material support and resources for terrorism.

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ForkLog 11 24.10.2023

US residents conduct over $1 trillion in crypto transactions in a year

From July 2022 to June 2023, US residents conducted cryptocurrency transactions totaling over $1 trillion, the highest in the world.

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ForkLog 28 20.10.2023

“The Tornado Cash case will seem like flowers”: experts forecast for Bitcoin mixers

The tougher rhetoric from US authorities toward crypto mixers risks criminal charges for developers, but is unlikely to solve terrorism financing.

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ForkLog 25 20.10.2023

US proposes designating bitcoin mixers as money-laundering hubs

FinCEN plans to designate cryptocurrency mixers as 'money-laundering hubs' that threaten national security.

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ForkLog 15 18.10.2023

Opinion: Hamas-crypto reports could blunt Coinbase’s US lobbying push

Reports that Hamas financed activities via cryptocurrency could blunt Coinbase’s push for friendly legislation for the US market.

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ForkLog 37 16.10.2023

U.S. authorities among the largest holders of Bitcoin

The U.S. government holds 194,188 BTC ($5.3 billion) seized in connection with a number of high-profile court cases. This figure represents the lower bound of the range of possible values, according to 21.co.

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