A newly released report from the European Commission suggests there is relatively little virtual currency use among organized crime groups.
The head of one of the world's largest financial organizations has issued new comments addressing blockchain trends.
A group of influential US senators want to see digital currency holdings declared at the border – and advocates of the tech are pushing back.
The US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing on virtual currencies this week.
A US think tank that advises the US government is exploring the threats bitcoin poses to national security, but also its benefits.
A US Congressional subcommittee is developing a bill to study the use of digital currencies by terrorists, CoinDesk has learned.
Europol has found that there is no evidence to back up reports linking the Islamic State (IS) to the use of bitcoin.
A US government-funded think tank has released a new report that explores how nonstate actors could issue their own digital currencies.
The European Union (EU) is years away from implementing a consistent framework for cryptocurrency regulation, according to a new report by SWIFT.
Bitcoin became embroiled in a debate about the financing of terrorism following the Paris attacks which resulted in over 100 deaths.
Countries in the EU are reportedly planning to crack down on virtual currencies such as bitcoin in an attempt to tackle the financing of terrorism.
The European Commission said today that it is assessing whether digital currencies like bitcoin fuel terrorist financing and money laundering.
Bitcoin may pose a risk for terrorist financing, according to a new report from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Digital currency exchanges and gateways need to be tightly regulated to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing, says the latest FATF report.
A new US Treasury Department study reports that bitcoin could possibly be used to fund terrorism but that the actual risk posed remains uncertain.