The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned a Moscow-based bank over its role in financing Venezuela’s controversial petro token.
A U.N. Security Council panel has linked North Korea to millions lost in cryptocurrency hacks, Nikkei Asian Review reports.
Venezuela has filed a complaint against the U.S. with the World Trade Organization, highlighting sanctions against the petro as one issue.
A bill introduced this week in Congress takes a hard line on Iran's efforts to develop its own sovereign cryptocurrency.
Some crypto miners are looking to Iran for its low-cost power – but the path to setting up shop in the country is anything but simple.
An Iranian bitcoin trader added to the U.S. Treasury's OFAC sanctions list last week claims he’s been wrongfully blacklisted.
Recent OFAC actions are just the first step in crypto sanctions enforcement, write attorneys Beau Barnes and Jake Chervinsky.
New sanctions from the US government are driving Iranian bitcoin users to pursue more secure and private wallet solutions.
For the first time, the U.S. Treasury Department is adding crypto addresses to its list of Specially Designated Nationals.
Iran may soon issue its own cryptocurrency in a move aimed to bypass economic sanctions enacted by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The everyday crypto user in the future is likely to spend time identifying illicit wallets and transactions to avoid, thanks to the U.S. Treasury.
Crypto enthusiasts around the world should send a strong signal to President Maduro that blockchain technology will not be used to support corruption.
With just one paragraph, an agency of the U.S. government may have just radically altered the dynamics of the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
The Treasury Department may start publishing wallet addresses along with the names of people and organizations with whom it forbids doing business.
The latest awkward use case for cryptocurrency is funding rogue states led by egotistical dictators. The world may just have to live with this.