Ireland To Draft Urgent Crypto Laws Ahead Of EU’s Crackdown On Money Laundering

Lawyers for the two men recently arrested in Miami for engaging in "too-large" bitcoin transactions are claiming that the men's actions were legal because state law covers only money issued by the US or another country. Many in the bitcoin community are hopeful that this argument is persuasive, seeing money laundering laws as an attempt to regulate thoughtcrime in finance. Others also argue that citizens do not currently owe the state of Florida any kind of explanation for why they want to buy or sell bitcoin. Sting operation. In what may be the first instance of citizens being charged....

Ross Ulbricht, alleged Silk Road HBIC, is claiming that new federal bitcoin lawsclassifying bitcoin as assets and not money invalidate the money laundering charges he faces. In short, heargues that you can't launder money if you're not using it. Earlier this year, Robert Faiella, 52, and Charlie Shrem, 24, were arrested on federal money laundering charges for their bitcoin activity on Silk Road. It would stand to reason that if Ulbricht did not break anti-money laundering laws, they didn't either. The two allegedly sold more than $1 million in bitcoin to Silk Road users. Selling assets....

It is now a criminal offense to operate a crypto firm in Ireland without registering with the Central Bank of Ireland. Ireland’s crypto businesses have become subject to regulatory oversight for the first time, with local digital asset firms now observing anti-money laundering guidelines set out by the European Union, or EU. The EU’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, or 5AMLD, was transposed into Irish Law on April 23, via the Criminal Justice Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Amendment Act of 2021.The legislation requires firms that operate with crypto assets and custodial....

The license does not allow Gemini to operate as an exchange in the country, but it will let it passport e-money services throughout the EEA. Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has received an electronic money license from the Central Bank of Ireland. It was the 18th organization to receive the license, and the first since October 2020. Gemini joined such license holders as Coinbase, Stripe, Square and Meta. The e-money license, for which Gemini applied in early 2020 and received oMarch 14, will allow it to issue electronic money, provide electronic payment services and handle electronic....

Chinese authorities have announced that more than 170 criminal gangs have been eliminated and over 1,100 suspects arrested in the latest round of crackdown on criminal groups providing cryptocurrency money laundering services for telecom fraudsters. Crackdown on Telecom Fraud Using Cryptocurrency for Money Laundering The Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China announced Wednesday that the fifth round of the “Broken Card” operation has been carried out. This has “Severely cracked down on illegal and criminal groups that provide virtual currency....