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Anonymous Crypto "Main Question" At CFT Conference
At the No Money for Terror Conference, FATF, Europol, and German Finance Minister contradict intelligence findings to advocate for total financial surveillance.
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Encryption Is Under Siege
Chat Control, the EARN IT Act, and the UK's Apple order - private communication is under siege globally.
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The Cost Of Gambaryan
Nigeria appears to have swapped Binance Executive Tigran Gambaryan for US "resources and expertise" to fight illicit finance in a secret deal with the State Department.
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Leaked Email: FinMa Abused Authority To Implement New KYC Rule
According to a lawsuit, the Swiss banking authority FinMa has abused its authority by secretly instructing SROs to implement monthly 1000 CHF no-KYC limits.
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Chainalysis Claims Cryptocurrency Funds Syrian Rebels
...but won't say by how much
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GCHQ Annual Review Contradicts NCA's National Risk Assessment
GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre's annual report contradicts the NCA's findings of cryptocurrencies and end-to-end encryption as a major threat to national security.
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US Purchased Pegasus for Colombia in $11M Deal
The software was used to spy on narcotics trafficking under US supervision Colombian Ambassador says, but the structuring of transactions raises suspicions on the program's legitimacy
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New FinCEN Alert Shows Cash, Smuggling Preferred Method For Hezbollah Financing
A FinCEN alert issued on Wednesday highlights that Hezbollah does not use cryptocurrencies at scale to finance its operations.
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"Tough" US Regulation Approach Positive For Industry, WEF Report Finds
A World Economic Forum report on digital asset regulation finds "tough" US approach "positive for the industry", recommends AI, digital identities for AML/KYC, EU stablecoin reserve requirements "too strict"
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Colombia Implicates Financial Intelligence Unit In Pegasus Scandal
Colombia investigates whether information on the alleged purchase of Pegasus Spyware was shared with Colombia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Last week, Colombia was banned from the international FIU network Egmont Group for revealing a confidential report on Israeli Pegasus sales.
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Keir Starmer Wants To Spy On Your Bank Account
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to "stop benefit fraud" costing taxpayers "almost £10 billion a year". The digital rights group Big Brother Watch sees a revival of bank spying powers.
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UK NCA Claims Crypto "Increasingly Used" For Money Laundering, E2EE Risk To Children
The UK's National Crime Agency claims "cryptoassets are increasingly used to launder non-digital proceeds of crime" and identify increased risks to children through end-to-end encryption in a 2024 National Risk Assessment.