President Donald Trump’s command of U.S. financial and economic policy may have taken a step closer now that his Department of Justice has backed down from an investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, …
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U.S. Senate Democrats asked Treasury, DOJ to probe Binance’s illicit finance controls
by adminby adminDemocrats in the U.S. Senate continue to pile onto Binance, asking the Treasury and Justice departments to investigate its sanctions compliance and protections against illicit finance following reports of potential terrorism funding. Nine senators, …
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Tether Freezes $544M in Crypto Tied to Turkish Illegal Betting Probe
by adminby adminTether has frozen more than half a billion dollars in cryptocurrency at the request of Turkish authorities, blocking funds tied to an alleged illegal online betting and money-laundering operation. Last week, prosecutors in Istanbul …
Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest crypto exchange, is closing its USDT market and order-book-sharing with Australia’s Stellar Exchange after only two months, amid regulators’ scrutiny of anti-money laundering controls. The shutdown took effect at 11:00 …
In brief The Department of Justice has filed a criminal lawsuit against U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Powell asserts the DOJ probe is a “pretext” for an attack on the Fed’s independence, aimed …
