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Binance Establishing Close Affinity With Law Enforcement
5 hours ago | 2 mins read Exchange News The workshop was held first time in Canada. The workshop focused on law enforcement and finance experts. Binance the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by ...
Coinbase Tipped Law Enforcement on Executive Suspected of Crypto Insider Trading, Says CEO Brian Armstrong
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the exchange informed authorities about a suspected insider tipping scheme involving a former employee. Indictment records show Coinbase former product manager Ishan ...
Senator Emmer says SEC is ‘politicizing enforcement, baiting companies’
US lawmaker Tom Emmer has accused the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) of “cracking down on companies outside its jurisdiction.” ?The SEC Director of Enforcement admits the SEC is cracking down...
Ripple vs. SEC: SEC Enforcement Director Declined Answering Questions About William Hinman’s 2018 Speech
– Advertisement – The SEC Enforcement Director declined to comment on Hinman’s saga. At Tuesday’s oversight hearing on the SEC’s enforcement division, held by a Congressional subcommittee...
US lawmaker criticizes SEC enforcement director for not going after ‘big fish’ crypto exchanges
Brad Sherman, the congressperson who previously called for banning cryptocurrencies in the United States, criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approach to enforcement among major ...
SEC Enforcement Head Asks Congress for More Resources to Tackle Crypto Issues
In May, the SEC nearly doubled the size of its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit to 50 employees, adding 20 new positions including attorneys, investigators and fraud analysts to its Washington, D.C., head...
Senator Elizabeth Warren wants more enforcement from SEC in the crypto space
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) needs to take action to protect consumers against bad actors in the crypto space, Senator Elizabeth Warren told Yahoo Finance on July 17. Warren said:...
India’s Law Enforcement Agency Probes Crypto Exchanges For Forex Violations
Cryptocurrencies allow a free movement of money across political boundaries, bypassing the traditional banking channels. Increased outflows through the decentralized crypto setup could put downward pr...
Crypto Needs Enhanced Regulatory and Law Enforcement Frameworks – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Bank of England says “extreme volatility” in the crypto market “underscores the need for enhanced regulatory and law enforcement frameworks.” The British central bank has warned that crypto prices...
More Trouble For India Crypto Ecosystem With Latest Enforcement Order
While the plummeting trading volumes have already put Indian exchanges in a bad state, the country’s authorities made another move. India crypto space is under strict vigilance from authorities. The c...
Law Enforcement Took Knives, Dagger And Sword From Suspected Highland Park Shooter’s Home In 2019, Police Reveal
Topline The death toll from Monday’s mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, has risen to seven, police said Tuesday, as authorities revealed a prior weapons-related co...
Crypto market volatility shows need for ‘enhanced regulatory and law enforcement frameworks’ — BoE
The Bank of England has called for “enhanced” regulations of crypto to address potential risk to the country’s financial stability amid the market capitalization dropping more than $2 billion. In the ...
Coinbase Crypto Exchange Selling Transaction Tracing Data to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Report
Top US crypto exchange Coinbase is licensing software that aggregates information about blockchain transactions to a federal law enforcement agency. According to a new report by The Intercept, the Hom...
Leaked Contract Reveals Coinbase May Be Providing User Data To Law Enforcement Agencies
– Advertisement – Leaked Contract Reveals Coinbase May Be Providing User Data To Law Enforcement. A report by The Intercept suggests that Coinbase may be offering user data to US Immigrati...
Canadian regulator takes enforcement actions against Bybit and KuCoin
The Ontario Securities Commission, or OSC, issued financial penalties against Bybit and KuCoin, claiming violation of securities laws and operating unregistered crypto asset trading platforms. In a We...
Uvalde Classroom Door Wasn’t Locked—And Police Didn’t Try To Open It Without A Key, Texas Law Enforcement Official Testifies
Topline Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw issued a scathing assessment Tuesday of local law enforcement’s response to the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that kille...
Kenyan Law Enforcement Agency Arrests Two Students Accused of Using Stolen Funds to Buy BTC – Regulation Bitcoin News
Two Kenyan students accused of hacking credit cards and using the ill-gotten funds to buy bitcoin have been arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, a statement from the law enforcement...
Coin Center Sues United States Federal Government against Enforcement of Digital Assets’ Reporting Mandate
Coin Center filed the complaints against the digital assets reporting mandate, as expanded by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Coin Center among other interested parties has filed a ca...
Crypto Exchange Binance To Tighten KYC Controls and Sanctions Enforcement With New Tech Partnerships
Global crypto exchange Binance is announcing new partnerships with tech companies to shore up its know-your-customer (KYC) controls and enforcement of sanctions. According to a new press release, Bina...
SEC Chair Gary Gensler Wants to Increase Agency’s Enforcement Budget to Protect Crypto Investors
Alex Dovbnya SEC boss Gary Gensler says that the agency has too few staff members to properly protect cryptocurrency investors U.S. Securities and Exchange Chairman Gary Gensler has asked Congress to ...
US Appeals Court Orders SEC to Bring Enforcement Actions to Jury Trials
The SEC alleged in 2013 that George Jarkesy Jr. and his firm, Patriot28 LLC, violated federal securities law by misstating his hedge funds’ assets. The case was tried before an administrative la...
SEC Announces Huge Crypto Enforcement Plan
SEC chair Gary Gensler said efforts are on to get a majority of the crypto initial coin offerings registered, in coordination with the crypto exchanges. He was speaking at the Congressional budget req...
SEC Beefs Up Its Crypto And Cyber Enforcement Units, Signaling Tougher Crackdown ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission doubled down on its crypto and cyber enforcement unit hires in a bid to strengthen its war chest ag...
Lawmakers, SEC Commissioner Slam Chair Gensler for Focusing on Crypto Enforcement – Coinotizia
Several U.S. lawmakers and a commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have voiced concerns about the securities regulator expanding its crypto enforcement unit. “The SEC is ...
Lawmakers, SEC Commissioner Slam Chair Gensler for Focusing on Crypto Enforcement – Regulation Bitcoin News
Several U.S. lawmakers and a commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have voiced concerns about the securities regulator expanding its crypto enforcement unit. “The SEC is ...
Hester Peirce Knocks SEC’s Plans to Add to Crypto Enforcement Staff
Earlier on Tuesday, the SEC announced plans to increase the headcount in its newly named Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, which was previously known as the Cyber Unit, to 50 from the current 30. The agen...
SEC Beefs up Crypto Unit in Anticipation of Greater Enforcement
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking to hire 20 new investigators and litigators for its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit. The SEC is beefing up its numbers as it looks to lead federal ...
Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Comments on XRP Lawsuit, Calls It ‘Regulation Through Enforcement’
Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson doesn’t think highly of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Ripple. The SEC sued Ripple in late 2020, alleging the payments firm...