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Australia’s Tax Office Tells Crypto Exchanges to Hand Over Transaction Details of 1.2 Million Accounts: Reuters

The ATO said the data will help identify traders who failed to report their cryptocurrency-related activities.

Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

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Robinhood Gains 2%, Erasing Early Losses Following SEC Wells Notice

The trading platform previously ended support for all tokens that were named in SEC lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase.

SEC (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Australian Court Hands Win to Market Regulator in Case Against Qoin Blockchain, But There is a Catch

Part of this case was ASIC's allegation that the Qoin Blockchain and the Qoin Wallets constituted one single scheme but the court disagreed.

Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Johnny Bhalla on Unsplash)

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Less Than 10% of Stablecoin Transaction Volume Coming from Real Users: Report

The stablecoin market supply currently stands at about $150 billion.

The supply of stablecoins USDT and USDC  grew by $10 billion in a month, 10x research noted. (Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)

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Former Cred Executives Indicted on Wire Fraud, Other Charges

The defunct crypto lender filed for bankruptcy in 2020.

The U.S. Department of Justice charged Cred's executives with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and related charges. (Getty Images).

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BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy Charge

Vinnik was first arrested in 2017, but faced a lengthy extradition process that saw him spend time in Greece and France before being sent to the U.S.

Alexander Vinnik (Shutterstock)

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U.S. Senate's Warren Warns National Security Chiefs About Iranian Crypto Mining

In a letter to top officials, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Angus King flagged Iran's reliance on cryptocurrency mining as a way to evade sanctions pressure.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding to know what U.S. authorities are doing about Iranian crypto mining. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

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Binance Nigeria Money Laundering Trial Delayed to May 17, Says Gambaryan Family Spokesperson

Binance's lawyer needed more time to look at evidence from Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

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Rabotnik, Affiliate of Ransomware Group REvil, Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail

Rabotnik, 24, has also been ordered to pay over $16 million in restitution.

Jebara Igbara was sentenced to 7 years in prison. (Sasun Bughdaryan / Unsplash)

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Crypto Was One of the Biggest Money Laundering Risks in 2022-2023: UK Govt. Report

Between 2022 and 2023, crypto alongside retail banking, wholesale banking and wealth management posed the greatest risk of being exploited for money laundering, a report by the U.K. Treasury department showed.

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