The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a Treasury Department agency in charge of preventing sanctions violations, recently added Bitcoin and an Ethereum address to its blacklist. The addresses are those of Igor Zimenkov and his son Jonatan Zimenkov, who are part of “a large network of persons and businesses” aiming to sell defensive weapons […]
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U.S. Sanctions Russian Arms-dealer’s ETH wallet — Linked to Alameda Research
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Bitcoin Reaches $24K Margin For The First Time Since August
Following the end of this month’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the cryptocurrency market, including bitcoin, showed a modest favorable market movement. Yesterday, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell announced in the committee that the United States would continue to raise interest rates, this time by 25 basis points. While it is still a raise in […]
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Bitcoin Price Steady As FOMC Decision Looms
Cryptocurrency prices are marginally up in early Wednesday trade in the United States. The majority of markets are paused while the FOMC meeting concludes this afternoon. For bitcoin, this means that the asset is “stuck” at the $23,000 level – while investors await the report of the new interest rate by the Federal Reserve. After […]
