In August 2022, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Tornado Cash, prohibiting its usage for US citizens,...
The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Ekaterina Zhdanova on Nov. 3 for moving and laundering virtual currency...
Peter Kambolin, the former CEO of a Miami-based investment firm, Systematic Alpha Management LLC (SAM), pleaded guilty on October 11, 2023, to a fraudulent...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov with laundering over $1 billion in criminal proceeds, including...
Tornado Cash co-founders Roman Storm and Roman Semenov have been charged with money laundering, sanctions violations and operating an unlicensed money transfer business, the...
Russia is progressing with its central bank digital currency (CBDC). President Vladimir Putin has endorsed the digital ruble bill, signing it into law on...
Russian national Mikahail Pavlovich Matveev has been charged by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) for launching ransomware attacks on critical organizations including law...
Russian authorities have reportedly arrested the second co-founder of seized cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato. The man, who recently promised to restore the platform’s operations...
Russia-linked cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato, seized by Western law enforcement, plans to relaunch and permit partial withdrawals, a co-founder announced. Members of the trading...
Binance blocks certain accounts due to a dispute with Bitzlato, a crypto trading platform. Few affected clients express astonishment and confusion about actions...
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Bithumb in turmoil On Jan. 25, Yonhap Infomax reported...