The European Council issued a press release on January 18 declaring that the European Council and Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on certain aspects of a new anti-money laundering package to protect EU citizens and the EU’s financial system. Stricter Rules Will Affect The Crypto Sector The provisional agreement is set to improve the […]
Spanish authorities have detained Alejandro Cao de Benos, a Spanish aristocrat, over allegations that he ran a crypto scheme and recruited Ethereum (ETH) researcher Virgil Griffith to help North Korea evade international sanctions. According to Reuters, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) had previously accused de Benos, founder of a pro-Pyongyang affinity organization, of […]