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ForkLog 6 18.12.2023

EU bars Russians from owning crypto firms

The EU has agreed on another package of sanctions against Russia, which, among other measures, bans Russians from owning companies that provide cryptocurrency services.

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ForkLog 27 11.12.2023

Tether blocks 161 addresses on OFAC SDN list

The issuer of the USDT stablecoin — the company Tether — blocked 161 addresses from the OFAC SDN list. Of them, 150 were empty.

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ForkLog 14 10.12.2023

Tether freezes all OFAC-sanctioned crypto wallets

The issuer of the USDT stablecoin — Tether — announced a new policy to freeze wallets belonging to OFAC-sanctioned individuals and entities.

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ForkLog 18 05.12.2023

ATAIX Eurasia to stop serving Russians

Kazakhstan-based cryptocurrency exchange ATAIX Eurasia will stop serving Russians due to EU sanctions.

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ForkLog 19 30.11.2023

Bitcoin mixer Sinbad.io sanctioned by the United States after server seizures

On November 29, OFAC added the cryptocurrency-mixing service Sinbad.io to the sanctions list for laundering assets of the North Korean Lazarus group.

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ForkLog 29 23.11.2023

Expert: mining pools block transactions from sanctioned addresses

Mining pools began rejecting transactions from addresses on or to addresses on the OFAC SDN list, without including them in blocks. The situation drew the attention of a Bitcoin developer using the alias 0xB10C.

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ForkLog 9 23.11.2023

Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation outlines conditions to resume hryvnia-denominated trading on Bitcoin exchanges

The enactment of the 'On Virtual Assets' law would allow resuming hryvnia-denominated operations on foreign cryptocurrency exchanges.

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ForkLog 13 03.11.2023

Russian woman sanctioned by US for aiding oligarchs with cryptocurrency

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Russian national Ekaterina Zhdanova.

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ForkLog 15 01.11.2023

Media: Binance to shut down Advcash fiat gateway

The cryptocurrency exchange Binance plans to terminate its partnership with the Advcash payment system, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.

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ForkLog 11 01.11.2023

WalletConnect restricts access for users in Russia

Web3 protocol WalletConnect, which allows connecting integrated wallets such as MetaMask or Safe, has announced restrictions on access for customers in Russia.

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ForkLog 40 31.10.2023

Report: Russians buy Wirex accounts on the dark web for crypto operations in the EU

Advertising targeted at Russian-speaking users for the sale of verified Wirex accounts has appeared in the darknet.

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ForkLog 32 05.10.2023

Media report Russians’ sanctions-busting via crypto firms in Estonia and Lithuania

VSquare experts analysed around 300 crypto companies registered in Estonia and Lithuania and found dozens of cases of fraud, money laundering, sanctions evasion and illicit financing of criminal organisations.

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