"Marathon is committed to the core tenets of the Bitcoin community, including decentralization, inclusion, and no censorship," said the CEO.
Despite Marathon's efforts, transactions from a dark web market still made it into the block.
The move is part of a sweeping set of actions taken by the U.S. government against alleged Russian election interference.
BitPay is accused of facilitating over 2,100 transactions with individuals in sanctioned nations.
Attorneys for Virgil Griffith want the U.S. government to specify the charges he’s facing rather than a broad claim that he violated U.S. sanctions.
The motion, filed by Brian Klein, claims the indictment of Griffith doesn't "specify any alleged overt facts," and contains no actual allegation of fact.
If you assist a ransomware victim in paying out to cyber attackers, you could end up facing civil penalties, OFAC says.
The pair is accused of having stolen $16.8 million from customers of three different crypto exchanges, including two in the U.S.
The U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control has added three Russian nationals and a host of cryptocurrency addresses to its sanctions list.
The U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control has sanctioned four Chinese residents, claiming they helped launder drug proceeds using bitcoin.
Prosecutors appear to have a strong case against Virgil Griffith, the ethereum developer charged with conspiring to aid North Korea, legal experts say.
Crypto exchange Bittrex is looking to return crypto holdings to customers in sanctioned nations, but there are conditions.
The U.S. Treasury's OFAC has put bitcoin and litecoin addresses of three Chinese nationals on its sanctions list, the second time the agency has blacklisted crypto wallets.
U.S. Treasury Department Under Secretary Sigal Mandelker called for global efforts to police malicious actors' use of cryptocurrencies.
Recent OFAC actions are just the first step in crypto sanctions enforcement, write attorneys Beau Barnes and Jake Chervinsky.