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British Police Officer Jailed for Illegally Seizing 50 Bitcoins During Silk Road 2.0 Crackdown

Paul Chowles, a former British National Crime Agency (NCA) officer, has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for the theft of 50 Bitcoin. The...
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Citigroup Explores Own Stablecoin To Expand Its Payments Amid Rising Institutional Interest In Stablecoins Globally

Citigroup’s CEO, Jane Fraser, told analysts the bank is weighing issuing its own stablecoin and focusing on tokenised deposits. The plan aims to boost...
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Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm Seeks Urgent $500,000 in Legal Funds Ahead of Trial

Roman Storm, co-founder of the Tornado Cash crypto mixer, is urgently seeking to raise $500,000 to cover immediate legal expenses ahead of his criminal...
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Florida Attorney General Launches Second Probe Into Robinhood’s Alleged Misleading “Commission-free Trading” Crypto Promotions

The Florida Attorney General’s office has launched a second formal investigation into Robinhood, focusing specifically on the company’s cryptocurrency operations.  According to a press release...
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Australian Regulators Take Strategic Steps to Test the Viability of CBDCs and Stablecoins in a Controlled Crypto Sector

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced the launch of the second phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) research. The research comes...
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New Zealand Announces Ban Cryptocurrency ATMs as Part of Broader Effort to Tackle Financial Crime

New Zealand has announced a sweeping set of anti-money laundering (AML) reforms that include a nationwide ban on cryptocurrency ATMs and a $5,000 limit...
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Russian Embassy Seeks Clarity From U.S On Detained WEX CEO Dmitry Vasiliev’s Location and Health Condition

The Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. has formally requested information from the U.S. State Department regarding the status and wellbeing of Dmitry Vasiliev. Dmitry Vasiliev...
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Tornado Cash Sanctions Case Officially Closed by Federal Court Ahead of Co-Founder’s Legal Proceedings

The long-running legal battle between crypto advocacy group Coin Center and the U.S. Treasury Department over the sanctioning of Tornado Cash has officially concluded.  In...
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AEX Founder Granted Bail in Thailand Amid Ongoing Refusal to Return User Funds After Crypto Exchange Crash

Huang Tianwei, founder of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange AEX (also known as Bit Times), has been granted bail in Thailand following his arrest related...
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IMF Rejects Pakistan’s Proposal to Use National Energy Resources for Large Bitcoin Mining Operations, Here’s Why?

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has officially turned down Pakistan’s proposal to offer subsidised electricity tariffs for large-scale Bitcoin mining operations.  The announcement was made...
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SEC Halts Grayscale’s Digital Fund ETF Conversion Just One Day After Approval, Here’s All

In a surprising reversal, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has halted the approval of Grayscale’s Digital Large Cap Fund (GDLC) conversion into...
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Binance Maintains Remote Workforce Presence in Singapore Amid Ongoing Regulatory Pressures on Crypto Licensing

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, will continue to maintain a significant remote workforce in Singapore, even as the city-state tightens regulatory...
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