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    Attorney General William Barr brings the law enforcement hammer down on crypto (Photo: Department of Justice)
    Cryptocurrencies,  Regulation,  United States

    DoJ launches law enforcement guide to crypto

    The Department of Justice’s extensive report, ‘Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework,’ singles out many of the challenges cryptocurrencies bring to law enforcement

    October 8, 2020 /

    U.S. Attorney General William Barr today released an 83-page report detailing the threats and challenges cryptocurrencies pose to law enforcement, and in some ways, it’s a doozy.

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  • FBI Director Christopher Wray testifying before the U.S. Senate discussing Bitcoin on November 7, 2019 (screenshot via C-SPAN).
    FBI Director Christopher Wray testifying before the U.S. Senate discussing Bitcoin on November 7, 2019 (screenshot via C-SPAN).
    United States

    FBI director passes on calling for cryptocurrency tracking law

    Christopher Wray avoided Mitt Romney’s question about tracking Bitcoin, turning instead to the need for messaging service ‘back doors’

    November 8, 2019 /

    FBI Director Christopher Wray declined to swing at a gentle pitch over the plate for more regulation of cryptocurrency anonymity at a recent Senate Homeland Security hearing.

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