Sanctions


Policy

US Senator Warren Drafting Bill to Ensure Crypto Can’t Be Used to Evade Sanctions

One of the provisions would make it easier to verify customer identities and transfers to private wallets by enforcing detailed record keeping and reporting, according to NBC News.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Still Isn't Helping Russian Oligarchs Evade Sanctions

This feels like a perfect test case for crypto’s value proposition that has yet to materialize.

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Finance

Coinbase Touts Blacklist of 25K Russia-Linked Addresses Allegedly Tied to Illicit Activity

Combating accusations that crypto is an ideal sanctions evasion tool, Coinbase said it has long taken “proactive” steps to root out criminally tied Russians.

Coinbase share were rallying Friday. (Photo illustration by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Policy

Visa, Mastercard Join PayPal in Suspending Russian Operations

The payment processors cited Russia's invasion of Ukraine for the move on Saturday.

Visa Takes First Step Into NFTs With CryptoPunk Purchase for Almost $150K

Finance

Crypto Industry’s Sanctions Woes on Full Display in MetaMask’s Venezuela Hiccup

MetaMask and Infura raised Crypto Twitter’s ire after accidentally blocking some users from its service to comply with new U.S. sanctions.

Employees work on computers at the ConsenSys office in Brooklyn on Thursday, March 29, 2018. (Holly Pickett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Opinion

‘Crack Down’ on Crypto? Maybe, but You Can’t Ban Math

On-ramps like crypto exchanges are already regulated, and rightly so, thwarting would-be sanctions evaders. Outlawing code would be unconstitutional and ultimately futile.

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Policy

OpenSea Bars Iranian Users as US Sanctions Talk Ramps Up

Twitter users complained about their accounts being deactivated without notice.

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Policy

MetaMask, Infura Block ‘Certain Areas’ Amid Crypto Sanctions Fury

The two pillars of the Ethereum ecosystem did not say which areas were under blockade.

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