Tag: Sanctions

The DOJ’s national security and crime divisions are both looking at the cryptocurrency exchange’s provision of services to Russians, Bloomberg reports. Binance is under investigation by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) national security division for allowing Russians to use the cryptocurrency exchange in violation of U.S. sanctions, according to a report that appeared in Bloomberg…

The government department said it would impose “full blocking sanctions” on Jonatan Zimenkov and his crypto addresses due to his connections with a sanctions evasion network. The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury has added two cryptocurrency wallets allegedly connected to a Russian sanctions evasion network as part…

Leading NFT marketplace OpenSea is actively delisting Cuban artists and users to comply with US sanctions, Artnet News reported. While most blockchain technology is decentralized, large centralized platforms comply with international sanctions. The news came after the Twitter account of NFTcuba.ART shared a screenshot of an email explaining that an account had been “disabled due…

According to a new report on its priorities, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is working on integrating crypto assets into the local financial system. The CBR is also working on the digital ruble, a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The CBR released a report on digital assets and crypto regulation, focusing on integrating them…

The European Union has confirmed a sweeping ban on providing crypto services to Russians as it tightens sanctions in the wake of what it calls “sham” secession votes in four Ukrainian regions. All transfers from Russians to European crypto wallet providers will be forbidden. Meanwhile, NFT creator Dapper Labs and crypto exchange OKX has also…

The European Union (EU) might tighten restrictions on Russians’ crypto investments in the EU as a response to “sham” independence votes being held in Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine, CoinDesk reported. Russian citizens could be restricted from making any payments to EU crypto wallets following the limits imposed in April. A previous cap of crypto holdings…