He bitcointhe president’s bet Nayib Bukele to revitalize the Salvadoran economy, celebrates two years this Thursday as legal tender in The Saviorwith a very restricted use, without generating confidence in the population. On September 7, 2021, bitcoin began to legally circulate in the country at the request of the president. Bukele tried to ensure that […]
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers ask for his provisional release to prepare his defense
The lawyers of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the platform cryptocurrencies FTXthey asked the judge this Wednesday to grant him provisional release to be able to prepare his defense in the fraud trial against him that will begin on October 2 in NY. In a letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is handling the case, […]
US Accuses Crypto Platform Founders of Laundering Millions for North Koreans
The Justice Department of USA on Wednesday accused two founders of a Russian crypto platform of laundering more than $1 billion, some of that money directed to the North Korean hacking group Lazarus Group, sanctioned by the US government. Roman Storm, a 34-year-old US citizen, and Roman Semenov, a 35-year-old Russian, founders of Tornado Cash, […]
A storm is beating down on the world of cryptocurrencies
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which regulates financial markets in USAbrought to court on Tuesday the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, coinbasewhich he accuses of violating current regulations, in the last of several blows suffered by this sector of the foreign exchange market. Without a sectoral regulatory framework coming from Congress, the SEC has taken […]
US government redoubles its offensive against cryptocurrency platforms
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just hit the table suing two trading platforms cryptocurrencies iconic: Binance, the largest crypto platform in the world, and Coinbase, the only one listed on the Wall Street, in its latest offensive against this sector, brought under scrutiny after the scandalous sinking of FTX last November. […]
The US sues the cryptocurrency platform Coinbase, which sinks on the stock market
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the cryptocurrency platform Coinbase for operating as a stock exchange and stockbroker without being registered, according to an official statement. After learning about the demand, the shares of the cryptocurrency exchange platform, which is the only one listed in the United States after its IPO in […]
Corruption scandal shakes cryptocurrency ecosystem in Venezuela
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The world of cryptocurrencies In Venezuela, very active due to the search for refuge from inflation and the low cost of electricity necessary to operate with these assets, it is shaken by a corruption scandal that has its epicenter in the PDVSA oil company. The government of Nicolás Maduro bet heavily on crypto assets as […]
Argentina prohibits “fintechs” from operations with crypto assets
He Central Bank of Argentina ordered this Thursday that the service providers of digital payment may not carry out or facilitate operations with cryptoassets. The board of directors of the entity resolved that the companies fintech considered payment service providers offering payment accounts (PSPCP) “They will not be able to carry out or facilitate operations […]
Millionaire robbery: with false cryptocurrencies they defraud more than 3,000 people
A criminal network is accused of defrauding more than one hundred million euros from more than 3,000 people in different countries through false investments in cryptocurrencies, the Spanish Civil Guard reported Monday. The Civil Guard arrested one of the alleged members of this organization in Spain in an operation with the collaboration of the security […]
Venezuela’s Powerful Oil Minister Resigns Over Corruption Investigation
The Venezuelan Minister of Petroleum and influential Chavismo leader, Tareck El Aissami, resigned from his post on Monday after an anti-corruption operation involving the state oil company and close collaborators. The National Police against Corruption (PNCC), a body that acts under the greatest secrecy, announced last week a “deep investigation” of a plot to divert […]