Sanctioned by the U.S. and U.K., rouble-backed stablecoin A7A5 appeared as a platinum sponsor at Singapore’s TOKEN2049 with its own booth. Launched in January by Russian defense-linked firms, A7A5 is accused of helping evade sanctions. Reuters said TOKEN2049 removed A7A5’s listings after inquiry. Elliptic reports over $70.8B in transfers since launch, mostly across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.https://t.co/GTinDAvhm9 ...

And joining us now is NBC News chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles. NBC News justice reporter Ryan Riley and MSNBC legal analyst and former assistant Manhattan District Attorney Katherine Christian. Ryan Noble, start us off.A lot of developments today as it relates to this push for answers in the Epstein case. What's the very latest there on the Hill. Well, and I think you're right that there was perhaps some hope among high-ranking Republicans that the long August recess would lead to this Epstein ...

The best way Ghislaine Maxwell could think of to describe how Jeffrey Epstein made money was... an example about Epstein laundering money for the Sinaloa drug cartel, helping one drug cartel get money from another drug cartel... https://t.co/YNy3hwKn3z ...

🔥 FLASHBACK: Fink called $BTC an 'index of money laundering' in 2017.Now they manage $57.4B worth of it. https://t.co/oWXCqSO7hL ...

Jury Convicts Tornado Cash’s Roman Storm On One Charge, Deadlocks On OthersTornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, but jurors deadlocked on more serious charges of money laundering and sanctions evasion.The case centered on whether Storm could be held responsible for illicit use of Tornado Cash—a privacy protocol he helped create but did not control.Prosecutors argued he knowingly enabled money laundering, while the defense claimed Storm w ...

RT Jake Chervinsky (@jchervinsky)Roman Storm was convicted for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business under Section 1960.The jury was deadlocked on money laundering and sanctions. DOJ will decide in the coming days if it wants to retry those charges in a new trial.A sad day for DeFi. ...

🚨 BREAKING: Roman Storm was found guilty of running an unlicensed money transfer business.Jury could not reach a verdict on money laundering or North Korea sanctions charges.Source: Inner City Press https://t.co/k19mlUBQoj ...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority stated that, because the industry's current ongoing monitoring tools have not fully satisfied to effectively manage money laundering and financial crime risks, the identity of every compliant stablecoin holder in Hong Kong will initially be verified, and a real-name system will be temporarily adopted for stablecoin holders in Hong Kong. https://t.co/RUFAIiBDkZ ...

🇳🇿 INSIGHT: New Zealand bans all crypto ATMs to fight money laundering and drug trafficking. https://t.co/ADDpLCXySV ...

All right, time for money, power, politics. Again, you're getting a double tonight. You know, we are always asking on this program, is the White House for sale.Well, let's take a look. It is crypto week on Capitol Hill. And even if you're not a crypto investor, this should matter to you because Donald Trump and the crypto industry might not actually get everything they want.Huge surprise given how much money he's made in the space. Well, Senate Democrats could actually help defeat some of the bills specific ...