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Bitcoin Daily: Lloyd’s Now Covers Crypto In eWallets; U.S. Treasury Adds Hacker Bitcoin Addresses To Blacklist

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Treasury has brought on an additional 20 new bitcoin addresses affiliated with two people to its sanctioned individuals roster, Coindesk reported. Two individuals were accused of being connected to the Lazarus Group cybercrime organization per an update of the “Specially Designated Nationals” (SDN) list from OFAC.

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Bitcoin Daily: Unicas Opens Physical Crypto Bank Branch In India; Mayor Eyes Investing 1 Pct Of Miami's Reserves In Bitcoin

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Treasury Department announced Wednesday (Dec. Treasury follows through with enacting the regulation after a comment period expires in the coming weeks, crypto exchanges will have to report transactions valued at $10,000 or more. Meanwhile, BitGo Inc. , If the U.S.

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Alleged Drug Traffickers’ Crypto Addresses Targeted By US Treasury Under Kingpin Act

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Treasury is looking at numerous cryptocurrency addresses and people associated with them as part of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, also known as the Kingpin Act, Cryptovest reported on Thursday (Aug. After the Treasury updated its SDN list on Aug. OFAC and FinCEN’s coordinated action with U.S.

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Treasury To Add Certain Cryptocurrency Addresses To Sanctions List

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Treasury Department revealed it could add cryptocurrency addresses to its list of sanctions if it’s able to link the cryptocurrency addresses with people who are blacklisted. Bitcoin wallets enable two parties to transfer coins without a middleman, which has made digital tokens appealing to criminals.