Tanzania Officials Want Global Clarity on CBDCs and Crypto Assets – Coinotizia

Officials from Tanzania’s financial sector have called for a clearer global consensus on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and crypto-assets. The officials agreed that more discussions still nee...

Tanzania Officials Want Global Clarity on CBDCs and Crypto Assets – Regulation Bitcoin News

Officials from Tanzania’s financial sector have called for a clearer global consensus on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and crypto-assets. The officials agreed that more discussions still nee...

EU Council Expands Sanctions on Crypto Wallets, Targeting Russian Officials

The European Union Council has imposed another round of sanctions on Russia with an extended ban on cryptocurrency-focused transactions for already blacklisted Russian individuals and their relatives....

YouTube Blocks Russian Parliament Channel Duma TV, Leading Russian Officials To Warn Of Retaliation

Topline YouTube blocked Duma TV, a channel that broadcasts Russia’s lower house of parliament, on Saturday due to U.S. sanctions, leading Russian officials to warn YouTube’s parent company, Alphabet, ...

House Holds Ex-Trump Officials Peter Navarro And Dan Scavino In Contempt—Criminal Charges Could Follow

Topline The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to recommend that the Justice Department bring contempt charges against former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro and director of social media...

More Fed Officials Are Sounding The Alarm On Inflation And Spooking Markets

Topline An increasing number of Federal Reserve officials have recently spooked markets by warning about the economic impact of decades-high inflation and how the central bank will need to aggressivel...

Why Was the Stock Market Down Today? A Fed Official’s Speech Tanked the Market.

Text size Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard said she expects policy to return “to a more neutral position later this year.” Drew Angerer/Getty Images Tech stocks and bond markets both sold off on Tue...

Turkish Prosecutor Demands 40,564 Jail Time For Crypto Officials, CEO 

A prosecutor in Turkey asked for jail sentences as long as 40,564 years for 21 officials of a cryptocurrency exchange based in Istanbul, Thodex, a year after it collapsed and its CEO vanished.  The in...

EU Officials Want European Banking Authority To Keep List of Crypto Companies at Risk of Criminal Activity

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are urging banking authorities to keep track of crypto services that could be used to conduct crime. According to a press release, MEPs have adopted new rules...

Turkey seeks 40,000-year jail sentences for crypto CEO, officials

A Turkish prosecutor asked for  jail sentences as long as 40,564 years for 21 officials of the Istanbul-based Thodex cryptocurrency exchange, about a year after it was shut down and its CEO disappeare...

ECB Officials Urges to Accept Digital Euro in Brick-and-Mortar Stores

Fabio Panetta, a member of the Executive Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), suggested an acceptance of the digital euro in brick-and-mortar stores and online entities to help promote the use ...

Cryptopolitan announces OKX officials as guest speakers for upcoming Web3 Masterminds session

Cryptopolitan is happy to announce OKX, the Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange formerly known as OKEx, as the next guest project for the upcoming Web3 Masterminds live session. The crypto exchan...

Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Criminal Contempt Charges For Two Ex-Trump Officials

Topline The House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot recommended holding former Trump Administration communications staffer Daniel Scavino Jr. and trade advisor Peter Navarro in crimin...

Russia Sends More Mercenaries To Fight In Ukraine’s East, Per U.S. And U.K. Officials

Topline Russia has sent more than 1,000 mercenaries from the private military company known as the Wagner Group to fight in eastern Ukraine, according to British and U.S. officials—the latest maneuver...

Is Austin the next US crypto hub? Officials approve blockchain resolutions

Innovative cities across America are racing to become the next hot spot for cryptocurrency and blockchain adoption. Miami was the first city to adopt its own part of CityCoins last year, allowing it t...

SEC v. Ripple: SEC’s new filing to redact notes by its own officials draws public ire

Delay, frustration, and a fear that things will never end. . .no, this isn’t a traffic jam we’re talking about, but SEC vs. Ripple case. Ripple officials and XRP holders may be eagerly waiting for the...

Cryptopolitan announces Coreto officials as guest speakers for upcoming Web3 Masterminds session

Cryptopolitan is happy to announce that the Co-founder of Coreto, Vlad Faraon, and Head of Development, Andrei Balaianu, will join in the upcoming Web3 Masterminds live session as guest speakers.  Web...

U.S. Will Restrict Visas For Chinese Officials Involved In Uyghur Repression, Blinken Says

Topline The State Department will impose visa restrictions on Chinese government officials it believes are complicit in the repression of minority groups, dissidents and activists in China or in the U...

13-Year-Old Drove Truck In Texas Collision That Killed 9, Federal Officials Say

Topline A pickup truck involved in a fatal accident in West Texas on Tuesday was driven by a 13-year-old child, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday, as more details emerge on the cr...

Elliptic Identifies Crypto Wallets Linked to Sanctioned Russian Officials

Cryptocurrency security company Elliptic has identified hundreds of thousands of crypto wallets and addresses linked to Russians on the sanctioned list. It is also investigating wallets that could be ...

Cryptopolitan announces Spherium Finance officials as guest speakers for upcoming Web3 Masterminds session

Cryptopolitan is happy to announce that three of Spherium Finance’s officials – Aanchal Thakur (Co-founder/CEO), Sash Jeetun (Co-founder/COO), and Sheel Khandelwal (Head of Marketing) – will join the ...

Leaders of NATO countries discuss plans to meet in Brussels next week, officials say

A view of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Foreign Ministers gather at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, March 4, 2022. Olivier Douliery | Reuters The heads of state repr...

US Officials seize $28 million in crypto, Canadian Ransomware suspect handed to the US

A former Canadian Government employee was extradited to the US to face charges for participating in the Netwalker ransomware to take out millions of dollars from the victims. Netwalker ransomware has ...

Cryptopolitan announces Himo World officials as guest speakers for upcoming Web3 Masterminds session

Cryptopolitan is glad to announce Himo World, a Play-to-Earn match-3 deck building NFT strategic puzzle game, as the guest project for the next Web3 Masterminds session.  The session will be live-stre...

Oil Executives Meet With Biden Officials on Texas Home Turf

(Bloomberg) — Oil industry executives are meeting with U.S. officials this week as surging energy prices and mounting national security concerns bring together two groups that have had a distant...

Chinese officials take down crypto mine worth 5 million yuan

China’s approach towards “free cryptocurrencies” has been evident through its many actions. For example, even though the country holds more than 10% of all Bitcoin transactions, they also banned crypt...

Binance boss met with UK government officials last week in Westminster ‘charm offensive’

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, the high-profile crypto billionaire universally known as CZ, spent last Thursday night wooing an influential gathering of UK government officials in Westminster.  Zhao deli...

G7 and European Union Officials Working To stop Russia From Using Crypto

Must maximally disengage Russia, German money serve says Cryptos suspected as conceivable road for sidestepping sanctions G7 and EU are looking to build upon sanctions that were put in place against R...

Israeli Officials Seize Cryptocurrency Accounts Tied To Hamas

During first 2 months of 2022, followers of the Freedom Convoy in Canada and Ukraine’s anti-Russian opposition party collected millions of dollars in crypto donations. Following a request from t...

G7 and European Union Officials Working To Prevent Russia From Using Crypto: Report

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters a second week, government officials across Europe and North America are cooperating to further tighten the pressure on Vladimir Putin. According to a new Bloo...

Cryptopolitan announces Abachi officials as guest speakers for upcoming Web3 Masterminds session

Cryptopolitan is happy to announce that two core officials from Abachi, known as Electo and Rand, will join the next Web3 Masterminds live session as guest speakers. Web3 Masterminds is a live cryptoc...

Russia, Ukraine Officials Meet as Ruble Sinks: Ukraine Update

(Bloomberg) — A Ukrainian delegation led by the defense minister began talks with Russian officials on the fifth day of an invasion that triggered a wave of sanctions against Moscow and sent Rus...