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Finance

Crypto Exchange KuCoin to Introduce Mandatory ID Checks Next Month

As of July 15, new customers will be required to complete identification checks to use KuCoin's services.

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Finance

BlackRock Executive: Knowing Who Counterparties Are Is Key to Engaging Institutions in DeFi

BlackRock's views could carry extra weight in the ongoing battle over regulation in the industry.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

Binance Users in China, Elsewhere, Evade KYC Controls With Help of 'Angels': CNBC

Some Binance employees and volunteers shared tips on forging bank documents, falsifying addresses or hiding the country of origin to secure a Binance debit card, CNBC reported, citing Binance-controlled Chinese-language chatrooms, whose messages it translated.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Astra Protocol, Republic Crypto Fought Over a Press Release They're Both Mentioned in

Astra Protocol and Republic Crypto battled over contents of a press release they purportedly worked together on.

(AstraProtocol.com)

Finance

Centralized Exchange Scrutiny Will Spur Research of Decentralized Exchanges

Decentralized exchanges have an intriguing road ahead amid the wreckage of FTX.

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Videos

How Bank Secrecy Act Could Impact Crypto

Shipyard Software CEO and co-founder Mark Lurie breaks down his Policy Week opinion piece on CoinDesk, titled "Sweeping Crypto Regulation? First Update the Bank Secrecy Act." And, why decentralized finance should shift its focus from Know Your Customer (KYC) to "Know Your Transaction."

Recent Videos

Finance

DeFi-Focused Startup Blue Comes Out of Stealth With $3.2M Raise

The firm offers products to help with know-your-customer and money-laundering checks.

Blue's founders, Casper Yonel (right) and Paul Thomas (left) (Blue)

Finance

Crypto Lender Nexo Targeted in Bulgaria Probe Into Alleged Money Laundering, Tax Violations

Authorities say they have evidence a Nexo user has been officially declared a terrorist financer.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Binance to Issue 'Soulbound' Tokens to Users Who Complete Know-Your-Customer Checks

The tokens will allow users to participate in building projects on the BNB chain.

Taken from the Sky Lift at the WI State Fair, August 2017 Shadows of people walking extended on the street. (Unsplash)