Binance Faces US Senate Inquiry Tied To $1.7 Billion In Sanctions-Related Tra...

There's been some minor commotion when it comes to the Australian stance on bitcoin. In short, people aren't happy (just take a look at the recent news from Coinjar). And now, we're learning that the Australian Senate is planning to launch an inquiry into bitcoin and other digital currencies. Specifically, the Senate Economic References Committee will be conducting the examination. Sam Dastyari, the Committee's chair, is responsible for spearheading the inquiry. So, just what the inquiry cover? According to ITNews, the purpose of the inquiry is to take a look at what options the Australian....

An inquiry by the Australian Senate into an appropriate framework for digital currencies in Australia is ongoing, ZDNET reports. The inquiry was successfully moved in Parliament on Thursday by the Economics References Committee's chair, NSW Labor Senator Sam Dastyari. The inquiry is expected to deliver its final report on March 15 next year. Also read: US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing on Virtual Currencies Highlights (video). Ronald Tucker, Chairman of the Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association (ADCCA), said: "I applaud the committee's....

Binance blocked the account of the Kremlin spokesman's daughter when she tried to use the exchange following the economic sanctions imposed upon Russia. Binance cryptocurrency exchange is adopting more measures to prevent the Russian government from mitigating the impact of sanctions through the use of crypto.Binance has shut down several accounts tied to relatives of senior Kremlin officials over the past two months since Russia began military action in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.According to the report, the affected persons included Elizaveta Peskova, the daughter of Russian....

Iranian cryptocurrency users claim to have used global exchange Binance months after a company-imposed ban and renewed economic sanctions against the country. Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance is under the spotlight as a report claims it continued serving Iranian clients despite a company ban and economic sanctions against the country.According to an investigative report from Reuters, individuals inside the country continued to trade on Binance after the company itself had shifted Iran onto a blacklist of jurisdictions in which it would not operate.The use of the exchange by Iranians....

There is a challenge of not overdoing EU sanctions against Russia, according to Binance head of sanctions Chagri Poyraz. In the weeks following new sanctions from the European Union, Binance has kept its doors open for non-sanctioned Russian nationals, but that does not mean that the firm isn't complying with EU sanctions, according to Binance’s newly-appointed sanctions executive.Western sanctions against Russia have been a major challenge for Binance from day one, and the firm has been working hard to comply, Binance’s global head of sanctions Chagri Poyraz told Cointelegraph in an....