CoinDesk Reporters Discuss FinCEN Files, Venezuela’s Stablecoin Flop and More
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Venezuela’s peer-to-peer bitcoin activity has been extraordinary, whether measured as an absolute or relative to GDP, according to CoinDesk Research data.
The revelation that the world's foremost financial institutions have been willfully laundering criminal money reminds us that Bitcoin has an unearned reputation. The post FinCEN Files Remind Us That Bitcoin Is Still Not For Money Laundering appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
The CTO at Bitfinex Paolo Ardoino has pushed back against rumours that the company’s Tether stablecoin may be the next target of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Bitfinex executive insists that the Tether stablecoin, whose market capitalization has now surpassed $20 billion, is a properly registered and regulated crypto. The Alleged Misinformation Campaign The CTO said while responding to rumours circulating on social media that the USDT stablecoin might fall into a predicament similar to that of Ripple’s XRP token. Immediately after the SEC filed to sue....
CoinDesk: How does FinCEN research the bitcoin industry and keep track of developments with the technology? FinCEN Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery: So, let me start historically, we can go even a little wider with virtual currency. I think we first really started thinking about virtual currency quite a while ago, and it was in response to working with our law enforcement partners and it was back in the days of E-gold and when virtual currencies were backed by a commodity. So, we came out with our first guidance on virtual currency in September in 2008, and again, it was based mostly on....
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has been to date one of the most active - and more controversial - US federal agencies to address the bitcoin ecosystem, doing so through a number of published rulings aiming to provide clarity to the industry. Founded in 1990, the US agency is responsible for collecting information about financial transactions that may be used to support money laundering, terrorist financing and financial crimes. FinCEN first addressed emerging virtual currencies in 2008 and has been simultaneously praised for engaging with the bitcoin ecosystem, while....