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China to build giant AI chip factory to bypass US sanctions: Report
China is looking to build artificial intelligence (AI) chip factories for creating particle accelerators to help bypass sanctions…
Binance P2P removes sanctioned Russian banks from payments list
Crypto exchange Binance has removed “yellow” and “green” payment options from its peer-to-peer (P2P) service after being criticized…
Crypto mixer Blender has been rebranded to Sinbad, says Elliptic
Blender, the cryptocurrency mixer sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control…
Crypto OTC trading to get traction due to FTX fiasco, exec says
Before the rise of centralized exchanges (CEXs), over-the-counter (OTC) trading was the go-to method to buy or sell…
Kraken settles with US Treasury’s OFAC for ‘apparent’ sanctions violations
The U.S.-based crypto exchange has agreed to pay more than $362,000 as part of a deal “to settle…
Central banks can use Bitcoin to fight off sanctions: Harvard research
Matthew Ferranti, a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard, pointed out that Bitcoin is an optimal alternative hedging asset for…
US Treasury redesignates Tornado Cash sanctions, citing North Korea nuclear weapons program
The redesignation of the crypto mixer essentially replaces the U.S. Treasury’s actions from August, establishing sanctions for its…
EU crypto sanctions against Russia have an unexpected enforcer
The Monetary Authority of Singapore says crypto exchanges in the country must comply with financial sanctions against Russia.…
Binance still serving non-sanctioned Russians while seeking clarity on EU crypto regulations
In the weeks following new sanctions from the European Union, Binance has kept its doors open for nonsanctioned…
EU regulators ban cross-border payments from Russian crypto accounts
In a statement on Oct. 6, regulators in the European Union banned all crypto-asset wallets, accounts and custody…