Tag Archives: Sanctions

[ad_2][ad_1] Venezuela is rejecting US sanctions before the World Trade Organization, including those imposed on its controversial cryptocurrency attempts. The complaint, presented at the end of last month and published this week, addresses a series of actions taken by the United States in recent years, states that the country violates …

[ad_1] The Russian Ministry of Finance (MinFin) believes that the creation of a Eurasian digital currency (EAEU), in turn, is inevitable because of US sanctions. Major Russian media agency Rambler reported MinFin's comments on Friday 21 December. Reportedly, MinFin sees an opportunity to launch a digital currency supported by the …

[ad_2][ad_1] A law presented this week in Congress takes a hard line on Iran's efforts to develop its own cryptocurrency. The American regulators have warned in recent months that the Iranian government wants to use a sovereign cryptocurrency, similar to the petro in Venezuela, to evade economic sanctions. Parties to …

[ad_2][ad_1] US lawmakers have introduced a bill to impose further sanctions on Iranian financial institutions and on the development and use of the national digital currency. HR 7321 was presented to the House of Representatives by the representative Mike Gallagher on December 17th. In an effort to combat money laundering …

[ad_2][ad_1] Blockchain technologies, particularly cryptocurrencies, have become a hot topic in Iran in recent years, just like in most other countries. Few tangible results have materialized so far, but US officials may have actually done a favor to Iran as they have significantly accelerated the development of blockchain-based projects. The …

[ad_1] US sanctions against Iranian bitcoins address: an important precedent Last week, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a US Treasury structure, added two Bitcoin addresses to the list of sanctions (the so-called list of special categories and prohibited people). The office announced that these portfolios are associated with …

[ad_2][ad_1] Beau Barnes and Jake Chervinsky of Kobre & Kim LLP are lawyers and defense lawyers who specialize in litigation and investigation of digital resources. This article is not intended to provide legal advice. In the last year, the attention of the cryptocurrency industry has focused on the resolutions of …

[ad_1] US sanctions against Iran have had a paralyzing effect on the country. Now, Iranian bitcoin users feel the effects of such sanctions after the US government has announced actions against two bitcoin addresses used in ransomware attacks. Last Wednesday, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) …

[ad_1] Iranian sources claim that some of them are no longer able to access the ShapeShift swap swap platform, even when they use virtual private networks (VPNs). As such, sanctions seem to already have an impact on the Iranians who want to make legitimate use of cryptocurrencies.Some of Iran's favorite …

[ad_1] On Wednesday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department announced that two bitcoin addresses related to Iranian residents Ali Khorashadizadeh and Mohammad Ghorbaniyan were added to the sanctions list for specially designated countries, one first for the office. Hours later, the Telegram channels in …