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US Treasury To Warn Crypto Firms Against Funding Hamas Amid Israel War: 'Use Every Tool Available To Go After Any Person Or Platform'
Friday, October 27, 2023 - 8:03am | 568The U.S. Treasury Department is stepping up its scrutiny of crypto firms that may be enabling terrorist financing. This follows the revelation that digital currencies, such as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), may have been used to fund Hamas’s recent attack on Israel. U.S....
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Senate's Banking Chairman Vows To 'Crack Down' On Crypto's Terrorism Ties: 'Cut Off Funding...At Its Source'
Friday, October 27, 2023 - 4:31am | 599The chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Banking Committee, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), announced the panel’s intent to investigate and curb the use of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), in funding terrorism, especially in the...
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Israeli Authorities Uncover Binance Accounts Tied To ISIS, Hamas Group
Friday, May 5, 2023 - 11:22am | 286Israeli authorities have confiscated nearly 190 cryptocurrency accounts on Binance, with the intention to "disrupt the activities" of the Islamic State (ISIS) and "hinder its ability to further its objectives," according to Israel's National Bureau for Counter-Terror...