Afghanistan turns to cryptocurrencies amid US sanctions

    After the US authorities have seized $7.1 billion of assets belonging to Afghanistan, the liquidity crisis in the country unable users to cash out their own money or take loans. As a result, Afghanistan has become the 20th country out of 154 fastly adopting crypto. Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August of last…

    Chainalysis announces free sanctions screening tools for crypto industry

    Blockchain-data analytics company Chainalysis announced a fast-tracked launch of two free screening tools to help provide sanctions oversight to the crypto industry. According to the blog post provided by Chainalysis on Thursday, the screening tools include two main components of new tracking software that will assist exchanges in screening wallets and transactions for activities that…

    Russian billions of dollars in crypto flows in the UAE dodging sanctions

    Crypto firms in the UAE are being flooded with requests to liquidate billions of dollars of virtual currency as Russians seek a safe haven for their fortunes, Reuters reported. According to sources, some clients are investing with crypto in real estate in the UAE, while others want to use local companies to turn their virtual…