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Finance

Binance CEO Hits Back at 'Weak' KYC Claims

Binance has the most sophisticated know-your-customer system in the industry, Changpeng Zhao said.

Changpeng Zhao spoke at Korea Blockchain Week. (FactBlock)

Policy

No AML Checks For Most Transfers To Unhosted Crypto Wallets, EU Policymakers Decide

A Wednesday meeting secured a final deal on anti-money laundering legislation for crypto transfers and largely overturned a proposal from the EU Parliament to impose laundering checks on all payments to private wallets.

After intense discussions inside this room in Brussels, policymakers in the European Union have finally agreed on anti-money laundering rules for crypto transactions. (Jack Schickler/ CoinDesk)

Policy

UK Government Backtracks on Unhosted Wallet Data Collection Proposal

The government said it didn't make sense to require all senders of funds to private crypto wallets to collect recipients' identification details.

UK Parliament

Policy

Antsy Lithuania Latest to Anticipate EU Crypto Law With One of Its Own

Ministers don’t want a crypto disaster to happen while they’re waiting for Brussels lawmakers to dot the i’s on landmark MiCA legislation, but some warn their plans could wreck the sector.

Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, the latest country to seek to anticipate EU crypto laws (Westend61/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Exchanges Should Lose Licenses for Laundering Breaches, EU Regulators Say

The advice comes as legislators reach the closing stages of the landmark crypto MiCA law.

The EU wants to get tough on money laundering after a string of scandals. (Caspar Benson/Getty Images)

Policy

Arthur Hayes, ex CEO de BitMEX, es sentenciado a 2 años de libertad condicional

Hayes se declaró culpable de un cargo de violación de la Ley de Secreto Bancario (BSA) en febrero y enfrentó una sentencia de hasta 12 meses de prisión.

Arthur Hayes sentenciado a dos años de libertad condicional. (BitMEX)

Policy

How Do You Tax an NFT?

Plans to share bitcoin data with foreign tax authorities may be hard to adapt to transparent, decentralized blockchains – but once in place, new rules are hard to shift.

The OECD wants to make it harder to keep your bitcoin secret from the authorities by stashing it in tax havens. (Michal Ben Ari/EyeEm/Getty Images)

Policy

Former Homeland Security Chief Nielsen to Join Astra as Adviser

Ex-Cabinet secretary to work as strategic adviser beside former acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.

Kirstjen Nielsen, former U.S. secretary of homeland security, is joining Astra Protocol as a strategic adviser. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

EU Crypto Firms Protest ‘Alarming’ Anti-Money Laundering Laws

The companies are joining forces to try to limit the impact of new proposals to identify crypto users and regulate stablecoins.

The European Parliament (Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images)