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First Seizure of Stablecoins Recorded in Argentina as Authorities Disrupt Money Laundering Operation

In what local media are calling the first operation of its kind, the Argentine judicial system ordered the seizure of nearly $28,600 in stablecoins from a criminal organization that used…

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National Power Administration of Paraguay Seizes 693 Miners in Illegal Bitcoin Mining Operation

The National Power Administration of Paraguay (ANDE) has recently detected and seized an illegal bitcoin mining operation hosting 693 miners. ANDE inspectors detected a tampered meter that failed to register…

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Economist Jim Rickards: The Global Clearance and Settlement System Might Collapse After Seizure of Russian Assets

Jim Rickards, an economist and author of the best-selling book ‘Currency Wars,’ has issued an alert about the possible collapse of the global clearance system. In a recent interview, Rickards…

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Venezuelan Authorities Seize Over 6,000 Bitcoin Miners in 2 New Operations; Over 17,000 Confiscated In Total

Venezuelan authorities led by the National Power Ministry and Corpoelec, the state-owned power company, have seized over 6,000 bitcoin miners in two new operations. The ministry, which recently declared that…

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Tether Assists US Government in Seizing $1.4 Million From Unhosted Wallet

Tether, the company behind the issuance of USDT, the largest stablecoin in the cryptocurrency market, announced that it helped the U.S. government to seize $1.4 million linked to an alleged…

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Kazakhstan Shuts Down Crypto Exchange That Transferred $34 Million Through Binance

Authorities in Kazakhstan have busted an illegal crypto trading platform, seizing over $350,000. The exchange allegedly processed almost $34 million in transactions through wallets on Binance, two of which have…

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Iran Returns Seized Crypto Mining Equipment to Miners

A government body responsible for state property in Iran has released some of the hardware seized from illegal crypto mining farms. Its top executive explained the agency was obliged to…

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Government Agencies Need Crypto Wallets and Access to Exchanges, Russian Prosecutors Say

Russian authorities are finding it hard to cash out digital assets they have gotten hold of, prosecutors have warned. They have also urged the government to recognize cryptocurrency as property,…

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Turkey Investigates Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried for Fraud, Seizes Assets

The Turkish government has launched an investigation on the former chief executive of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. According to local media, the authorities in Ankara have also seized…

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Argentine Tax Authority AFIP Notified 4,000 Crypto Holders to Ammend Their Tax Statements

The Argentine Tax Authority (AFIP) is ramping up its fight against cryptocurrency-related tax evasion. On Oct. 28, the organization informed it had sent notifications to 3,997 taxpayers about incongruencies between…

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