Crypto
Follow AML/CFT regulation, enforcement, compliance and financial crime developments affecting the crypto sector. Coverage includes virtual asset service providers, cryptocurrency exchanges, stablecoin issuers, custodians, wallet providers and decentralised finance, with a focus on the Travel Rule, blockchain analytics, wallet screening, sanctions exposure, fraud and illicit use of virtual assets.
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U.S. Prosecutors Investigate Binance Over Possible Iran Sanctions Violations
U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance may have violated U.S. sanctions on Iran by allowing certain trading activity on its cryptocurrency platform, according to…
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U.S. Sanctions Iranian Crypto Exchange BitBank Over Sanctions-Evasion Network
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Iranian digital asset exchange BitBank on September 17, 2026, targeting what Treasury…
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FCA and Partners Target Three London Premises in Illegal Peer-to-Peer Crypto Trading Crackdown
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has carried out a further enforcement operation against suspected illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading, targeting three London premises in a joint…
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FCA Publishes Final Cryptoasset Perimeter Guidance Ahead of Authorisation Gateway
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has published final guidance on how the regulatory perimeter will apply under the country’s forthcoming cryptoasset regime, ahead of the…
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U.S. Seeks Forfeiture of $61 Million in Crypto Linked to Iranian Black-Market Oil Sales
U.S. prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of approximately $61 million in cryptocurrency allegedly tied to a network that laundered proceeds from black-market sales of sanctioned…
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Mexico Investigates Hidden Crypto Mining Farm for Possible Money Laundering Links
Mexican authorities are investigating a clandestine cryptocurrency mining operation in Puebla for suspected electricity theft and possible money laundering links, highlighting an emerging illicit-finance typology…
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Singaporean Malone Lam Pleads Guilty in $245 Million Crypto Theft and Laundering Case
Singapore citizen Malone Lam has pleaded guilty in Washington, D.C. to participating in a racketeering conspiracy tied to an international cybercrime enterprise that stole and…
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India FIU Issues PMLA Notices to 15 Offshore Crypto Platforms
India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) has issued non-compliance notices to 15 virtual digital asset service providers under Section 13 of the Prevention of Money Laundering…
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OFAC Sanctions Xinbi Guarantee Over Cyber Scam and Money Laundering Network
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on 9 September 2026 sanctioned Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language platform that U.S. authorities…
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Laundering $4 Million in Drug Proceeds Through Cryptocurrency
A Mexican national has pleaded guilty in the United States to participating in a money laundering conspiracy that moved approximately $4 million in drug trafficking…
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