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Policy

Crypto Exchange Bitzlato Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to U.S. Money Transmitter Charge

Anatoly Legkodymov says he'll dissolve the sanctioned exchange as part of his plea.

U.S. authorities announced the co-founder of exchange Bitzlato pleaded guilty on accusations of running an illegal money transmitter. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Bitzlato Co-Founder Released After Arrest in Moscow, Pledges Relaunch of Seized Exchange

“I could launch the exchange from my apartment," Anton Shkurenko said of the exchange multinational authorities shut down in January. The Bitzlato team has retained most of its users’ funds and could resume operations quickly, he said.

The U.S. Treasury Department is seeking public comment on the role of cryptocurrencies in illicit finance, and its own response to this issue. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Senators Reportedly Push Crypto Bank Silvergate on Ties to FTX; Bitzlato Update After Co-Founder Arrested

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pushing Silvergate Capital (SI) to provide more details about what it knew about FTX’s alleged misuse of customer funds, according to a Bloomberg report. Plus, Bitzlato's co-founder reportedly said in an interview that the crypto exchange plans to resume operating and allow partial withdrawals of user funds.

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Shuttered Crypto Exchange Bitzlato Says It Plans to Resume Operations: Report

The exchange has been charged by U.S. and European authorities with laundering $700 million in funds tied to Russian criminals.

KYC, anti-money laundering images are ineffective. (Getty Images)

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Binance Processed $346M Worth of Bitcoin Trades for Bitzlato: Reuters

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume, processed $345.8 million worth of bitcoin (BTC) transactions for crypto exchange Bitzlato, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing data by blockchain research firm Chainalysis. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest developments after Bitzlato's founder was recently arrested in Miami.

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Finance

Binance Processed $346M of Bitcoin Trades for Crypto Exchange Bitzlato: Reuters

Bitzlato was shuttered last week and its founder arrested in Miami after the Justice Department charged the platform with money laundering.

Sitio web de Binance. (Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Bitzlato Converted Over $1B in Crime-Linked Assets, Europol Says

Several senior executives have been arrested in Spain, Europol announced, following founder Anatoly Legkodymov's arrest in Miami.

Spanish police arrested a number of Bitzlato executives. (MarioGuti/Getty Images)

Opinion

Bitzlato, Binance and What Regulators Are Really Doing

The U.S. Department of Justice was criticized for over-hyping the seizure of a little-known exchange.

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Kuna Exchange's Michael Chobanian on Binance

Kuna Exchange Founder Michael Chobanian reacts to Binance being named as a counterparty in an order against the little-known cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato, which was accused of laundering $700 million by U.S. authorities on Wednesday.

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