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Markets

DC Magistrate Judge Calls Unhosted Wallet 'Horror Story' a 'Fiction'

“Indeed, cash poses a greater challenge to law enforcement than cryptocurrency in unhosted wallets," wrote Judge Zia Faruqui in an opinion on a forfeiture case.

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Tech

Ledger Adds Bitcoin Bounty and New Data Security After Hack

Rogue actors at e-commerce partner Shopify exposed 20,000 new Ledger customer records, including emails, names, postal addresses and phone numbers.

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Policy

7K Comments and Counting: Crypto Industry Fights 'Arbitrary' Treasury Rule

The crypto industry says a proposed rule to collect personal data from private wallet transactions is being rushed, might be challenged in court and could be difficult to implement.

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Policy

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.

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Policy

FinCEN’s Proposed Crypto Wallet Rule Might Hit DeFi

FinCEN’s proposed rule regulating “unhosted” wallet transfers has a number of potential issues, including unintended consequences for decentralized finance.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is said to be spearheading a controversial FinCEN rule that would require exchanges to collect and report names and addresses for customers transferring funds to "unhosted" wallets.

Markets

'There Is No Emergency Here': Coinbase Asks FinCEN to Extend Comment Period on Wallet Regs

Two weeks during the holiday season and a pandemic is not enough time, the exchange said, asking for the customary 60 days.

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Markets

Japan's SBI, Securitize Bringing Security Tokens to Crypto Wallet for Institutions

The integration with Securitize will enable users of the "sbiwallet" to sell, issue and manage tokenized securities directly within the app.

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Finance

Binance Labs Leads $12M Funding Round for Multi-Asset Wallet Developer MATH

NGC Ventures, Capital6 Eagle and Amber Group co-led the round.

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Policy

Over 13% of Bitcoin Crime Proceeds Laundered Through 'Privacy Wallets': Elliptic

The number of crypto criminals using so-called privacy wallets to help hide their identities is on the rise, according to analytics firm Elliptic.

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Tech

Multisignature Wallets Can Keep Your Coins Safer (If You Use Them Right)

Multisignature wallets are cryptocurrency wallets that require two or more private keys to sign and send a transaction.

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