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DOJ Seizes $24M In Crypto As Part Of Brazilian Internet Fraud Probe

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The seizure stemmed from a cryptocurrency fraud scheme being investigated by Brazilian federal police called Operation Egypto. Cryptocurrency has become something of a go-to method for scammers , according to DOJ, as exchanges are often lightly regulated and there are no easy ways to follow the money.

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IRS Offers $625K For Help Cracking Cryptocurrency Secrecy

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The United States may have some of the world's best cryptographers working for the National Security Agency and other spy shops, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is crowdsourcing at least part of its effort to beat the algorithms that cloak information about certain cryptocurrencies. Even the U.S. Even the U.S.

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i2c President Says Blockchain Will Unlock Cryptocurrency

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PayPal is opening its network to allow consumers to shop using cryptocurrency. It is the rule of thumb, when it comes to secular change, that very few innovations come along to rapidly change the state of payments themselves. Crypto has been held up by critics as a conduit to fraud and money laundering.

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Payment Rail Innovators Dive Into Real-Time

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This week's look at payment rail innovation is all about speed, both for legacy rails and new ones. Combining these elements, we are creating a broad platform with faster technology and smarter and better services that the industry can trust as a foundation for innovation towards their own end-clients," he added.

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10 Most Innovative CEOs in Banking 2017

Bank Innovation

Fintechs are partnering with banks, banks are using blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency and financial regulation is still undergoing massive changes. 2017 has been a […].

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Geolocation Puts A Pin In Anti-Fraud Solutions

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With digital transactions and eCommerce soaring during the pandemic, the rate of increasingly sophisticated fraud has also risen. It’s great to see the prioritization on innovation with this bill,” Wingert said, calling the AML regulatory changes important. Can you really know your customer if you don’t know their location?”

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Why bitcoin is not a ‘fraud’ or ‘bubble’, but something you should take seriously

Chris Skinner

Unless you have been asleep for the last year, you cannot have failed to catch the buzz around bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum’s Ether and Ripple’s XRP. There are even some coins that were created as a joke that are getting significant investments, such as Dogecoin.

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