Tag: law enforcement

Law, markets, architecture and social norms are forces that constrain individuals’ behavior. Can governments take advantage of these to regulate Bitcoin?Jesse Colzani is a regulatory specialist and Bitcoin researcher.When asked whether the Bitcoin network can be regulated or not, people tend to answer in a binary way. On one side, there are those who say that everything can be...

The Binance CEO has announced that they restricted the 281 personal accounts of Nigerian users due to a need for compliance with international money laundering laws. The growth of cryptocurrency crimes has been a significant reason for using and enforcing...

The CEO of AriseBank, Jared Rice, Sr. has been sentenced to five years in federal prison in a $4 million crypto scheme. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this in a press release on the 25th of August. Rice is also the inventor of the...

Continuously expanding surveillance on financial transactions has no place in Bitcoin.On paper, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was created more than 30 years ago by G7 countries to fight organized criminal and narcotic financial flows. The intergovernmental organization describes itself as a “dynamic contributor to peace and security” and issues...

Blockchain analytics company Coinfirm said authorities are "ignoring" criminals' stockpiles of cryptocurrencies that forked from bitcoin.