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ForkLog 9 10.02.2023

South Korea imposes sanctions on Bitcoin extortionists

South Korea's authorities have placed several North Korean hacking groups and individuals linked to cyberattacks and cryptocurrency theft on the sanctions list.

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ForkLog 5 23.01.2023

Russia proposes Cuba a settlement centre based on the digital peso

Russia proposed to Cuba to bring the economy out of the shadows with a unified settlement centre based on the digital peso. This was reported by RIA Novosti, citing the press service of business ombudsman Boris Titov.

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ForkLog 8 19.01.2023

Ukraine’s State Financial Monitoring Service reports blocking of Russian bitcoin exchanges

The State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine issued a report on the results of 2022, detailing its actions regarding the cryptocurrency market.

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ForkLog 12 16.01.2023

Iran and Russia to discuss creation of a gold-backed stablecoin

Iran's central bank is discussing with Russia the possibility of creating a joint stablecoin for the Persian region for foreign-trade settlements.

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ForkLog 7 16.12.2022

US sanctions Chinese surveillance-systems maker Tiandy Technologies

The U.S. Department of Commerce placed Tiandy Technologies, a Chinese surveillance-systems maker, on its blacklist for involvement in repression of Uyghurs, NBC reported.

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ForkLog 14 12.12.2022

Darknet services to withdraw blocked assets from crypto exchanges emerge

In the darknet, Russians are being offered ways to withdraw assets blocked on cryptocurrency exchanges Binance, Kraken, Huobi, and KuCoin.

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ForkLog 12 29.11.2022

Kraken to pay $362,000 for Iran sanctions violations

The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has agreed to pay $362,000 to settle U.S. sanctions violations against Iran.

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ForkLog 9 23.11.2022

Expert says Bitcoin could hedge central banks against sanctions

Central banks could use Bitcoin to shield themselves from economic restrictions by reserve-currency issuers. In his study, Harvard University PhD candidate Matthew Ferranti arrived at this conclusion.

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ForkLog 9 09.11.2022

Tornado Cash accused of facilitating financing for North Korea’s nuclear programme.

OFAC updated sanctions against Tornado Cash, citing its role in financing North Korea's nuclear programme.

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ForkLog 32 07.11.2022

Reuters: Binance processed Iran-related transactions totaling $8 billion in circumvention of U.S. sanctions

Since 2018, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance has processed Iran-related transactions totaling $8 billion, despite U.S. sanctions on the country, Reuters reports.

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ForkLog 6 24.10.2022

Robinhood to hire sanctions-compliance experts

Online broker Robinhood has posted openings for sanctions-compliance specialists in the anti-financial-crime division.

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ForkLog 27 20.10.2022

Kraken bars Russian users from registering accounts

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has barred users from Russia from registering accounts, and restricted accounts based in Russia.

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