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Panic Withdrawals at Indian Bank Over Alarming KYC Notice
24.1.2020
Hundreds of customers went on a withdrawal spree after an Indian bank announced its revised KYC requirements. The bank’s action followed the decision by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to include the National Population Register letter as a valid KYC document for opening bank accounts....
Terra Reaches '1 Million User Accounts' + More News
15.1.2020
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Terra, the blockchain payment network powering the mobile payment app CHAI, said it has hit a milestone with...
Uphold Opens Crypto Trading to Users With UK Bank Accounts
15.1.2020
Trading platform Uphold has added pound sterling support, in beta for now
Cobinhood Announces Shutdown, Claiming It Will Audit User Accounts
10.1.2020
Troubled crypto exchange Cobinhood has announced it is shutting down – but just temporarily, it seems
Latin American Banks Intensify Closure of Crypto Exchange Accounts
9.1.2020
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Crypto exchanges in Latin America are increasingly becoming embroiled in bitter struggles with domestic banks, with many banks moving to block trade with trading platforms.
Bradesco, one of the biggest banks in Brazil, appears to have won its fight against...
Kraken Reveals 49% Increase in Law Enforcement Investigations
8.1.2020
The publication of crypto exchange Kraken’s 2019 Transparency Report has provoked discussion about the scale of government surveillance. According to the report, Kraken received 710 requests last year (or two per day), impacting approximately 1,222 accounts. The report provides further...
'Bitcoin Fixes This': Société Générale Closes Accounts of Its Critic
3.1.2020
Julie Goislard. Source: a video screenshot, Le Parisien
In yet another example of perils that can await customers of traditional banks, and an argument in favor of decentralized cryptocurrencies, French banking giant Société Générale has reportedly decided to close the accounts of Julie Goislard...
France’s Social Media Stalking Points to the Violence of Fiat, Consent of Crypto
29.12.2019
France will soon be monitoring social media accounts to catch suspected tax evaders. The endeavor could label anyone as suspicious who so much as posts a “taxation is theft” meme or a poses with a nice car. The country’s budget minister, Gérald Darmanin, called...
Utorg Exchange Grants Access to Traders With Limited Verification
24.12.2019
Utorg.io is a digital asset exchange based in the U.K. that allows users in Europe and around the world to trade cryptocurrencies with stablecoins and fiat money. What sets the new platform apart from many incumbents is the simplified verification procedure for traders who don’t exceed...
Poloniex Allows Up to $10,000 Daily Withdrawals for KYC-Less Accounts
23.12.2019
Poloniex now allows users to withdraw up to $10,000 per day without confirming their identity
Poloniex Restores Unverified Accounts With Unlimited Trading
22.12.2019
In times of mounting pressure on crypto companies to comply with expanding due diligence requirements, Poloniex has taken a step in the opposite direction. The exchange is lifting restrictions that applied to unverified users in response to customer demand. New and current accounts will enjoy...
Whales Control Most of Litecoin, Many Ethereum Tokens
19.12.2019
A new study of 140,000 crypto addresses finds that few accounts are needed to form majority ownership of many coins. More than half of all LTC is held in just 189 non-exchange addresses, and on average, the top 100 ERC20 tokens are majority-owned by just 34 addresses. Almost 1 in 4 tokens had...
A Better Alternative to Banking – Club Swan
18.12.2019
The crypto community has had a rough relationship with traditional financial institutions with limited solutions available. Around the world, both early and recent crypto users have had bank accounts closed, transactions rejected, unnecessary delays in receiving their funds, or worse. To add...
German Banks Increasingly Charging Retail Clients Negative Interest Rates
16.12.2019
A growing number of banks in Germany are charging retail customers negative interest rates, starting with the very first euro deposited into their accounts. At least three German banks are reportedly doing so, with more expected to follow suit in the near future. As the European Central Bank...
BlockFi to Offer First Interest-Bearing Crypto Accounts in Washington State
12.12.2019
BlockFi has obtained a money transmission license in Washington and intends to offer interest-bearing crypto accounts in the state
Crypto-Focused Lender Blockfi Launches Trading Platform
5.12.2019
Crypto financial services company Blockfi has launched a trading platform supporting three cryptocurrencies. The new offering adds to the company’s existing services: interest-bearing accounts and crypto-backed loans. Blockfi has completed registration with the U.S. Financial Crimes...
Circle Warns Poloniex US Customer Assets May Be Sent to the Government
5.12.2019
As part of its release of the cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, Circle may begin charging fees to Poloniex US customers. And the company warns that any unclaimed digital assets, those in dormant accounts, may be sent to state governments, consistent with relevant regulations for abandoned property....
Coinbase Patents AI Compliance System to Monitor and Flag Accounts
29.11.2019
Popular U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase received a patent November 19, for an AI-driven compliance system which would monitor customer accounts, flagging those deemed non-compliant and recategorizing them for corrective action. Described as a “compliance determination and enforcement...
US Judge Denies Customer’s Plea to Quash IRS Bitstamp Inquiry
28.11.2019
A Washington Western District Court judge has rejected petitioner William Zietzke’s appeal to stop the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from accessing his Bitstamp trade data. An IRS summons invoked Zietzke to file a petition to quash the tax agency’s investigation into his private...
Coinbase Secures Patent for System to Identify Non-Compliant Accounts
28.11.2019
Coinbase has been awarded a patent for a system that finds and flags non-compliant accounts