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OFAC Sanctions Iranian Nationals For Their Role in Cyber Attacks, Including Ransomware

OFAC added ten Iranian nationals and two businesses to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List for their role in cyber attacks.

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Understanding Tornado Cash, Its Sanctions Implications, and Key Compliance Questions

The crypto mixer Tornado Cash is a decentralized, non-custodial smart contract. This complicates sanctions compliance—and here's why.

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Trolls Have Sent an Estimated $52,000 in Small Tornado Cash Payments Following OFAC Designation

Earlier this week, Tornado Cash became the second ever mixer and first ever DeFi protocol to be sanctioned by OFAC. Soon after, Crypto Twitter was ablaze.

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OFAC Sanctions Popular Ethereum Mixer Tornado Cash for Laundering Crypto Stolen by North Korea’s Lazarus Group

The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the popular Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash, adding it to the Specially Designated Nationals List.

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OFAC Sanctions Hydra Following Law Enforcement Shutdown of the Darknet Market, As Well As Russian Exchange Garantex

Following a joint operation involving several US law enforcement agencies, German federal police shut down the Russia-based Hydra Market.

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체이널리시스, 가상자산 제재 감시 툴 ‘오라클’ 무료 출시

Chainalysis sanctions screening tools are now available in Korean, giving Korean financial institutions and VASPs real-time OFAC/UN/EU compliance support.

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History Has Its Eyes on Crypto. Let’s Prove It’s on the Right Side.

We’re making two new tools available for sanctions data: an API expected to launch next month, and an on-chain oracle available now. We explain the background for building these tools, why they’re critical now, and how they will work.

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P2P Cryptocurrency Exchange Chatex and Two Russian Nationals Indicted and Sanctioned for Roles in Ransomware Operations

P2P Cryptocurrency exchanges Chatex and two Russian nationals were recently indicted, arrested, and sanctioned for roles in ransomware operations. Read now.

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Everything You Need to Know About OFAC’s New Sanctions Guidance for Cryptocurrency Businesses

Did you hear about the OFAC’s new sanctions guidance for Cryptocurrency businesses? Get all the details here- click this link for more information.

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OFAC Highlights the Importance of Ransomware Prevention & Reporting in Latest Advisory

Read the advisory released by OFAC that highlights the importance of ransomware prevention and reporting in the latest advisory. Click this for more.

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1.6億ドル以上の違法資金を受け取っていたロシアのOTCがOFACの制裁対象に

米国OFACがSuexを制裁。Chainalysisが暗号資産取引所におけるリスクとコンプライアンスへの影響を解説。

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Chainalysis in Action: OFAC Sanctions Russian Cryptocurrency OTC Suex that Received Over $160 million from Ransomware Attackers, Scammers, and Darknet Markets

Did you know that the Chainalysis tool helped investigations with OFAC Sanctions for Russian Cryptocurrency OTC Suex that got over $160 mn from scammers?

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Crypto Ransomware Payments Involve Regulatory Risk. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Ransomware payments have regulatory risk. Read about the advisories related to facilitating crypto-ransomware payments from the U.S. Treasury.

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New OFAC Sanctions and DOJ Complaint for North Korea-Linked Cryptocurrency Laundering Scheme: What You Need to Know

New updates in the DOJ revised its civil forfeiture filing to include another 33 Bitcoin and Ethereum addresses implicated in this money laundering scheme.