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Report Says Enforcing KYC and AML Laws Key to Reducing Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly common, and hackers often use cryptocurrencies to escape the eyes of the law. A new report published by the Ransomware Task Force suggests that by increasing know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) laws, ransomware attacks can be reduced, but is this really the case? “The Hash” panel debates.
Enforcing KYC, AML Laws Is Key to Reducing Ransomware Attacks: Task Force
Existing AML/KYC laws could reduce ransomware proliferation, but it would require an international effort.
Crypto Derivatives Exchange BitMEX Says All Users Are Now Verified
After getting in hot water with U.S. regulators last year, the exchange has rolled out mandatory verification for all users.
What Does It Cost to Become an FCA-Approved Exchange? EXMO Execs Explain
The U.K.-registered EXMO exchange is one of the many crypto startups to go through the FCA approval process. Execs detailed the work it took to get there.
ShapeShift Is Going Full DeFi to Lose KYC Rules
Erik Voorhees’ ShapeShift is morphing into a decentralized exchange (DEX). It's losing the KYC restrictions at the same time.
Democracy Demands a Say in the Future of Money
The U.S. Treasury’s decision to impose know-your-customer rules to private cryptocurrency wallets is flawed in more ways than one.
Self-Hosted Bitcoin Wallets Become Front Line in Fight Over Crypto Regulations
The steady creep of know-your-customer (KYC) requirements over firms that touch digital assets is now at the foot of self-hosted wallets.
Seychelles, Longtime Home of BitMEX, Is Bending to US Pressure on KYC
When it comes to island-hopping crypto exchanges with relaxed know-your-customer rules, BitMEX could be just the tip of the iceberg.
Blockchain Bites: Hodl Hodl's No-KYC Bitcoin Lending, Voyager's Token Merging M&A Deal, Crypto's Reaction to PayPal
Hodl Hodl announced a no-KYC, P2P lending service. Reactions to PayPal's crypto market entrance. And a token-merging M&A deal.
Bitcoin Hodlers Get a Lending Option With No KYC
Hodl Hodl is launching a peer-to-peer lending marketplace for hardcore bitcoiners
