Compliance

UniMe’s recent update introduces a History feature and enhances credential management, making strides towards eIDAS 2.0 compliance. Integration of IOTA support in the upcoming update highlights a significant move towards interoperable European Identity Wallets. Impierce Technologies has recently upgraded their UniMe – Identity Wallet app, emphasizing the addition of a new History feature and the enhancement of user experience in credential management. Developed by Impierce Technologies with inputs from Digital Zen’s Andrew Brough (renowned for Firefly, Selv, and other IOTA…

The Southern District of New York announced that Irina Dilkinska was sentenced to four years in prison by US District Judge Edgardo Ramos for her involvement in the extensive OneCoin fraud scheme. Dilkinska served as OneCoin’s former legal and compliance officer who was caught and extradited from Bulgaria to the United States in March 2023. Sentencing According to a statement from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Dilkinska participated in its day-to-day operations and engaged in money laundering for…

Ripple CTO David Schwartz defends XRP Ledger’s blockchain status, citing its adherence to key criteria. Critics question XRP Ledger’s classification due to its unique consensus mechanism, but Schwartz remains firm. Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), David Schwartz, recently stepped forward to address the ongoing debate surrounding the classification of XRP Ledger as a true blockchain. Amidst contentious discourse, Schwartz firmly asserts that XRP Ledger meets and exceeds the foundational criteria of blockchain technology. I think XRPL meets the definition of…

Currently, things are not so good in Asia’s cryptocurrency space. This is such that BitMEX Japan stopped operating in recent times due to the newly amended cryptocurrency regulations in the Japan Payment Services Act. Likewise, the termination of Bitberry (in South Korea) was because of blockchain industry uncertainties. Singapore's authority brought cryptocurrency under AML rules in February, thereby leading the cryptocurrency payment provider CoinPip to close down. Recently, Min Kim of ICON Foundation (based in South Korea) featured in a podcast. He discussed cryptocurrency…

On January 10th, 2020, the European Union’s 5th Anti-Money laundering Directory (5AMLD) came into force. The new law gives sweeping powers to compliance organizations and law authorities to introduce a series of restrictive demands on crypto companies in a way never seen before. Organizations that deal with crypto-related activity have been under mounting pressure to implement compliance measures to register new clients. With the advent of the law, the compliance measures will only increase on an industry-wide scale, with regulations…

Chainalysis, the blockchain analytic company, announced the successful deployment of its investigations solution, Chainalysis Reactor, with Bithumb Exchange.  The announcement follows the South Korean National Assembly’s vote last week in favor of amending the Special Financial Transactions Information Act. The Chainalysis Reactor is an investigation software linking crypto transactions to real-world entities. The feature allows crypto businesses and law enforcement agencies to tackle criminal activities, including fraud and money laundering on the blockchain. In this case, Bithumb will use Chainalysis…