A major global company that helps fight illicit cryptocurrency-related activity does not think that privacy in crypto markets is necessarily bad. Despite representing one of the primary sources of crypto…
Continue Reading26,000 Ethereum (ETH) coins worth $7.08 million has just been moved from Gemini to an unknown wallet. Advertisement This is according to a new alert by whale watching account, Whale…
Continue ReadingAfter dropping zcash in its U.K. operation last year, Coinbase has now added the privacy enhancing cryptocurrency in New York state. The San Francisco-based crypto exchange announced the news in…
Continue ReadingPeople in the United States now have another zero-fee option to buy Bitcoin (BTC) with the U.S. dollar. On Jan. 30, Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer launched its commission-free campaign for…
Continue ReadingNew York state senators have drafted two bills this month that propose a ban on paying ransomware attackers with tax-payers money. New York Refuses to Negotiate with Criminals In April…
Continue ReadingCurrently facing multiple lawsuits, cryptocurrency stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) received a request from prosecutors asking for consolidation, combining three lawsuits into one, which Tether has not denied. “We did not…
Continue ReadingAn Oct. 10 class-action lawsuit filed against iFinex Inc., the parent company of Bitfinex and Tether, was refiled on Jan. 8 in New York’s Southern District. The lawsuit by Young…
Continue ReadingNew York lawmakers proposed a bill on a peer-to-peer (P2P) savings and payment platform called the “New York Inclusive Value Ledger.” Introduced by New York State Assembly legislator Ron Kim…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency entities licensed under the New York’s Financial Services Law (FSL) should pay the costs of regulatory oversight, Governor Andrew Cuomo believes. The Democratic Governor purportedly wants the state authorities…
Continue ReadingNew York governor Andrew Cuomo wants to give the Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) more powers in regulating certain licensed entities, including cryptocurrency startups. Cuomo presented his 2020 “state of…
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