Sanctions

US Treasury cracks down on coin mixing
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24 October, 2023

US Treasury cracks down on coin mixing

The move was announced by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, identifying coin mixing operations as “a class of transactions of...
Tornado Cash founders charged in $1 billion money laundering scheme, including for North Korea
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29 August, 2023

Tornado Cash founders charged in $1 billion money laundering scheme, including for North Korea

The two co-founders of the Ethereum-based mixer Tornado Cash were charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with money laundering...
Putin signs digital ruble bill into law, enabling CBDC in Russia
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27 July, 2023

Putin signs digital ruble bill into law, enabling CBDC in Russia

Under the newly signed law, the Bank of Russia is tasked with storing digital ruble assets and will be the...
Who might face sanctions after Bitzlato?
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19 July, 2023

Who might face sanctions after Bitzlato?

Data compiled by the Global Ledger team shows five exchanges have similar exposure to Hydra and continue to process transactions...
Belarus to ban peer-to-peer digital asset transactions to combat crime
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7 July, 2023

Belarus to ban peer-to-peer digital asset transactions to combat crime

Belarus will only allow citizens to trade digital assets through centralized exchanges, saying it has uncovered 27 incidents of illegal...
Atomic Wallet hack sees North Korea’s Lazarus Group pocketing $100M: report
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15 June, 2023

Atomic Wallet hack sees North Korea’s Lazarus Group pocketing $100M: report

Atomic Wallet was hacked earlier this month in an attack it claimed only affected 1% of users, and Elliptic reports...
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