Tornado Cash co-founders charged with money laundering, sanctions violations
Roman Semenov was placed on OFAC’s sanctioned persons list, and Roman Storm was arrested as the United States continued its crackdown on the crypto mixer.
Roman Semenov was placed on OFAC’s sanctioned persons list, and Roman Storm was arrested as the United States continued its crackdown on the crypto mixer.
Senator Elizabeth Warren was part of a group of lawmakers who pushed for provisions against crypto mixers and privacy coins in the National Defense Authorization Act in July.
The identity of the hacker or hackers behind an exploit that removed more than 100,000 Bitcoin from Bitfinex in 2016 had only been the subject of speculation until Aug. 3.
The law will officially enter into force at a date determined by Namibia’s Ministry of Finance.
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan are scheduled to appear for an arraignment and hearing on Aug. 3 as part of a plea agreement with U.S. prosecutors.
Google claims the new tools are far more efficient than traditional rules-based approaches at detecting money laundering at scale.
The French arm of Binance is reportedly under investigation by the French authorities on charges of "aggravated money laundering.'
Large financial institutions are getting involved in digital assets by investing capital, time and effort into on-chain analytics solutions.