Only 22% of bankers and financial investigators feel confident detecting crypto-related payments, according to blockchain analytics and cryptocurrency intelligence company – CipherTrace. During a webinar on “How Cryptocurrency Intelligence Tipped the Scales in 2020 Sanctions Evasion,” over 500 attendees from various financial institutions were asked if they felt confident detecting cryptocurrency-related payments flowing through their...Read More
The United States’ Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released a proposed rule change this October that lowered the threshold for Travel Rule information sharing and retention from $3,000 to $250 for all cross-border payments involving U.S financial institutions. What are the implications of such a rule change? Well, at the very least, as it stands, the...Read More
DeFi’s growth this year has been staggering. Towards the start of the year, DeFi’s total value locked (TVL) had managed to hit the $1 billion mark. However, over the next 9 months, DeFi’s TVL jumped to $13.5 billion. Interestingly, the past month saw the DeFi hype slightly die down, and during the course of October,...Read More
While most crypto-users have welcomed regulations that are now being developed for the digital assets market, it hasn’t always been smooth sailing when governments and regulatory bodies have confronted compliance-related challenges. While more regulations have helped the industry grow and even improve user and investor confidence, there are questions of data privacy that have arisen...Read More
Bitcoin automated teller machines (BATMs) will become the next target for regulators, as world governments tighten screws on money laundering. According to Ciphertrace CTO John Jeffries, crypto-cash machines will attract “greater…regulatory focus” in a bid to rein-in alleged cross-border illicit financial transfers. Jeffries urged “the need for more uniform regulatory enforcement and compliance” as governments...Read More
On Monday, the blockchain surveillance company Chainalysis published an excerpt from the firm’s upcoming crime report that will publish in January. According to the Chainalysis research, the Ponzi scheme called Plustoken not only defrauded investors out of $3 billion but the scam “may also be driving down the price of bitcoin.” Also read: Mystery Surrounds...Read More
According to the blockchain analysis firm Ciphertrace, major U.S. banks process roughly $2 billion in digital currency transactions that go undetected every year. Ciphertrace disclosed a slew of financial institutions have not deployed the right KYC/AML infrastructure to detect unregistered cryptocurrency transfers. Also read: US to Strictly Enforce Crypto Rules Similar to FATF Guidelines All...Read More
On June 27, 2019, a handful of leaders for a wildly popular ponzi scheme that spread across Asia were arrested by Chinese authorities after they managed to fleece unwitting customers out of roughly $3 billion. PlusToken, as it was called, promised its “investors” monthly returns of anywhere from 10 to 30 percent in its eponymous...Read More
