All Cryptocurrency articles – Page 8
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Coinme hires chief compliance officer
Coinme, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency cash exchange, announced Brian Reisbeck has joined the company as its new chief compliance officer.
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TRUST: A solution to crypto’s Travel Rule dilemma
Jennifer Lee, head of compliance at Anchorage Digital, highlights the launch of the Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology as “the clearest sign yet that digital asset players, as an industry, not as individual companies, truly care about compliance.”
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Binance.US hires chief compliance officer
The U.S. arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance has appointed Tammy Weinrib as chief compliance officer.
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DOJ names head of crypto enforcement team
The Department of Justice named veteran prosecutor Eun Young Choi to serve as the first director of its newly created National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.
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BlockFi ruling leaves big crypto question unresolved
The SEC’s determination regarding BlockFi’s crypto lending product is a landmark resolution, yet the ruling does little to settle the larger question still looming: Are cryptocurrencies securities or currencies?
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SEC, states fine BlockFi $100M; crypto lending product declared a security
BlockFi Lending agreed to pay $100 million in penalties as part of a first-of-its-kind case in which the Securities and Exchange Commission declared a type of cryptocurrency lending product should be registered as a security.
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DOJ arrests in Bitfinex case highlight inner workings of crypto laundering scheme
The Department of Justice arrested two individuals over an alleged conspiracy to launder approximately $4.5 billion worth of cryptocurrency stolen in the 2016 hack of digital asset trading platform Bitfinex.
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BitMEX adds chief risk officer
Cryptocurrency platform BitMEX has hired Marcus Hughes as chief risk officer. Hughes will serve on the executive board, with responsibility for BitMEX’s regulatory affairs, risk, legal, and compliance functions.
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Report: Cryptocurrency-related crime reaches record $14B in 2021
The amount of illicit cryptocurrency transactions reached an all-time high in 2021 at $14 billion, according to a Chainalysis study due out next month. The rise coincides with significant increases in the overall volume of crypto transactions.
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ICA: Three major compliance talking points from 2021
With 2021 nearing its end, Jon Prentice of the International Compliance Association recaps three major compliance topics and talking points that have stood out this year.
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DiMauro: Seven compliance areas to watch in 2022
If 2021 was about transition under the Biden administration, 2022 is looking as if it will be a year of action. CW Director of Compliance Programs & Training Julie DiMauro shares her list of key areas she expects to receive enhanced scrutiny in the year ahead.
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Binance.US adds former Intel CCO as first chief risk officer
Cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance.US has added Sidney Majalya to its leadership team as its first chief risk officer. Majalya most recently served as vice president, legal and chief compliance officer at Intel Corp.
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SEC fall rulemaking list draws Republican commissioner criticism over priorities
The SEC’s updated fall rulemaking list suggests the agency will push forward with an aggressive agenda in 2022 that will include mandated ESG disclosures and further attempts to walk back rule changes implemented under Republican control.
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CCO Q&A: How Prime Trust is managing compliance in evolving crypto space
Compliance Week discusses with Nirvana Patel, chief compliance officer and BSA officer at Prime Trust, the unique challenges of practicing compliance in the cryptocurrency industry and his thoughts on the regulatory landscape moving forward.
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Ten things I’d like to see happen in 2022 (2021 in review)
ESG and cryptocurrency figure to be key topics in 2022, but we’re also keeping an eye on President Biden’s anti-corruption efforts, details on Amazon’s record GDPR fine, the status of Facebook’s first CCO, and more.
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SEC 2022 rulemaking preview: Clarity to come on ESG, crypto?
In his first year leading the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler has tipped his hand regarding stricter oversight of companies’ environmental disclosures and the cryptocurrency industry. Year 2 will likely see words turn to actions.
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Banking regulators pledge to examine crypto asset risks in 2022
Determining whether crypto assets are legal, safe, and provide consumers with adequate protection from fraud are three areas of concern federal banking regulators say they will examine in 2022.
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Blockchain.com welcomes chief compliance officer
Cryptocurrency platform Blockchain.com announced the appointment of CJ Rinaldi as global chief compliance officer.
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Treasury ransomware response: More sanctions, updated FinCEN guidance
The U.S. Treasury continued its crackdown on facilitators of ransomware payments, sanctioning a second virtual currency exchange and its affiliates and updating FinCEN guidance to help make financial institutions more aware of related red flags.
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Coinberry hires chief compliance officer
Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform Coinberry has hired Sheereen Khan as its new chief compliance officer.