Tag Archives: United States

Binance’s US subsidiary announced receiving its Money Transmitter License from the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Financial Institutions Division. The latest move is part of the company’s plans to offer its fully regulated services in all of America’s 50 states and territories. Speaking about the license approval, Brian Shroder, Chief Executive Officer of Binance US, said, “We continue to take the necessary steps to ensure we are operationally compliant across...

The shutdown of Tornado Cash by the US Treasury Department on August 8 has made Kraken CEO Josse Powell question the constitutionality of the decision. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Tuesday, Powell doubted if the Treasury’s move will withstand judicial scrutiny. Tornado Cash allows users to conceal sources and destinations of funds by mixing several users’ coins before sending them to their destination addresses. Powell argued that banning Tornado Cash because it is...

Ronald Craig Ilg – a 55-year-old former neonatologist from Spokane, Washington – admitted to transferring $60,000 worth of bitcoin to multiple hitmen on the Dark Web whose task was to cause severe injuries to an ex-colleague of his. Apart from that, he ordered the criminals to kidnap his estranged wife and inject her with heroin so she would drop divorce proceedings. Ilg now faces five to eight years of prison time. The US authorities will announce the exact punishment in...

The French fashion brand – Balenciaga – will reportedly embrace cryptocurrencies as a payment method for its products. Initially, the offering will be available at the firm’s US shops on Madison Avenue in New York and Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. Balenciaga Catching the Crypto Wave According to a recent coverage, Balenciaga will allow its American customers to buy clothes, shoes, bags, and other products using bitcoin and ether. Customers will also be able to...

The US arm of the cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, is going old school with the launch of its new stock-trading service for a limited number of users in the country. The new offering is being released through FTX Capital Markets, which happens to be a FINRA member broker-dealer. Push for Stock Trading According to the official announcement, the platform plans to expand its functionality to all US users over the next months. FTX Stocks will enable users to trade and invest in...

California’s state regulator – Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) – will consider allowing the use of cryptocurrencies for political campaign donations four years after banning them. Potential Law Amendments During its most recent Commission Meeting, the FPPC disclosed it had arranged a “pre-notice discussion” where it will contemplate whether to enable digital asset political donations in the state. The conversation will be held later this week (May 19): “The...

According to US prosecutors, the Co-Founder of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX – Arthur Hayes – should stay behind bars for more than 12 months because his company violated anti-money laundering laws. It is expected that the court will sentence him to spend between six months and one year in federal prison since he pleaded guilty to breaching the Bank Secrecy Act in February. One Year is Is Not Enough The digital asset exchange and derivative trading platform – BitMEX –...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted Luiz Capuci Jr., the CEO and co-founder of Mining Capital Coin (MCC), for allegedly running a $62 million fraud scheme. Mining Capital Coin CEO Allegedly Misled Investors According to the DOJ, Capuci and other unnamed members of his team had misled investors into thinking that MCC’s mining and investment program had massive profit-bearing potential. Capuci claimed the firm has an international network of large-scale...

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced fresh sanctions on a cryptocurrency mixer called Blender.io, which happens to be used by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). OFAC Sanctions Coin Mixer In the official press release, the OFAC revealed that North Korean hackers had used Blender to launder digital assets as well as to carry out state-sponsored cyber attacks. The website was reportedly engaged in the...

Bitcoin-friendly politician – James David Vance – won the Ohio Republican Senate primary election and will face the member of the Democratic party – Tim Ryan – in November this year. The voting will determine the next senator of Ohio, and, interestingly, Ryan is also a supporter of the crypto sector. Crypto Backers on the Final Stretch The American politician, venture capitalist, and author – James David Vance – secured a victory in the Ohio Senate Republican primary. He won...