• CipherTrace Bankers worried AML
    CipherTrace CEO David Jevans' company is hoping to calm banks' AML concerns (Photo: CipherTrace)
    Cryptocurrencies,  Regulation

    CipherTrace: Bankers worried by inability to detect crypto payments

    With growing legal and regulatory attention on anti-money-laundering laws, the blockchain intelligence firm found 80% of bankers fear sanction violations

    December 11, 2020 /

    The IRS, FBI and other U.S. law enforcement agencies may be trumpeting their success in breaking up everything from child porn rings to al-Qaeda funders, but bankers are not so confident in their ability to even detect crypto-related transactions.

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  • To avoid prison, do not tweet your illegal North Korean visa (via Twitter).
    To avoid prison, do not tweet your illegal North Korean visa (via Twitter).
    Ethereum,  Politics

    DoJ: Ethereum expert helped North Korean sanction busting

    The Department of Justice arrested the Ethereum Foundation’s Virgil Griffith for allegedly teaching North Korea to use cryptocurrency to avoid economic sanctions

    November 29, 2019 /

    Here’s a clue: if you’re going to teach North Korea how to use cryptocurrency to evade sanctions, don’t post your visa on Twitter. Particularly if the U.S. State Department has warned you not to go.

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