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In December 2023, Senator Elizabeth Warren asked Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan whether crypto companies handling financial transactions should follow the same anti-money-laundering rules as banks.“Absolutely,” he said. On Oct. 13, Treasury announced more than $1.2 billion in penalties against his bank. FinCEN found that Bank of America admitted to willfully violating the Bank Secrecy Act and failed to report over $5 billion in suspicious transactions on time.What regulators found at Bank of AmericaFinCEN assessed $1.2 billion, including the OCC’s $750 million penalty, the largest civil money penalty the OCC has assessed against a bank. OFAC separately announced an…

Key takeaways XRP bounced from $1.32 following news of Standard Chartered’s involvement in an RLUSD custody arrangement. The deal with Ripple and LMAX would allow institutional clients to place RLUSD with the bank. XRP ETFs have attracted around $12 million this month, pointing to substantially weaker inflows than September. XRP rebounded from support at $1.32 as investors assessed a custody arrangement involving Standard Chartered, Ripple and institutional trading firm LMAX Group. Announced Monday, the deal would allow LMAX customers to place Ripple USD (RLUSD) with Standard Chartered, adding bank custody capabilities to their stablecoin activities. The development supports Ripple’s institutional…

Interactive Brokers launched Ethereum staking for eligible clients as nearly 36% of the cryptocurrency’s supply is committed to validators.On Oct. 13, the brokerage said that qualifying Interactive Brokers LLC customers can stake ETH through its Client Portal, with crypto infrastructure provider zerohash handling the service. Rewards are credited in ETH and can compound while holdings remain staked.The expansion brings crypto rewards into a platform where customers already trade stocks, bonds, futures and digital assets, allowing the brokerage to compete for assets investors might otherwise keep with specialized cryptocurrency exchanges or staking providers.It also comes as Ethereum staking reaches new highs. About…

Privy announced on Tuesday that it is partnering with Ripple to bring its embedded wallets to the XRP Ledger. Developers will be able to create XRPL wallets, sign transactions and handle XRP, RLUSD and other ledger assets through Privy. Privy, a Stripe company, says users can export their keys and plans to add policy controls and gas sponsorship. Stripe-owned wallet provider Privy has partnered with Ripple to let developers build XRP Ledger wallets directly into their apps, the company announced on Tuesday. Developers will be able to create and manage the wallets through Privy and sign transactions with its infrastructure.…

Mr Justice Turner ruled on Monday that Chinese law governs victims’ claims to more than 61,000 Bitcoin seized from Zhimin Qian. Claimants must show a proprietary interest under the Proceeds of Crime Act, and a creditor’s claim for money paid in is not enough. No evidence on Chinese law has been heard yet, so whether any victim owns part of the coins is left for a later stage. A High Court judge in London ruled on Monday that Chinese law will govern claims by victims of Zhimin Qian’s investment schemes to more than 61,000 seized Bitcoin. Mr Justice Turner’s judgment…

Shunyet Jan, Binance’s Head of Exchange and Trading, explained how Binance prices Anthropic-linked perpetual futures in an Oct. 13 article published by 21Shares.He describes a mark updated each second from executed trades, with limits on each second’s movement and fallbacks when trading slows.That explanation accompanies the Oct. 13 contractual issue date of the 21Shares Anthropic Synthetic ETP, an exchange-traded certificate giving synthetic exposure to the private company.Buyers become unsecured creditors of a Cayman issuer, whose FalconX note counterparty manages the underlying exposure. Their returns depend on that chain’s ability to pay, as well as the direction of Anthropic-linked prices.The issuer’s…

Bitcoin rebounded above US$84K after falling below US$81K, before easing back to around US$83,389. Geopolitical tensions, high energy prices, elevated Treasury yields and weakness in Asian equities contributed to market volatility. A dormant whale moved 4,581.94 BTC worth about US$377 million to five new addresses, although none of the funds had moved again as of 13 October. CryptoQuant said whale holdings reached 3.03 million BTC, while preliminary data showed US$109.8 million in Bitcoin ETF inflows on Tuesday. After dipping below US$81K (AU$115.8K), Bitcoin (BTC) made its way back above US$84K (AU$120K) yesterday evening, just to drop back down to US$83,389…

MediaMarktSaturn stopped Ledger sales across its stores and online channels after a German researcher reported suspicious hardware modifications. Ledger separately confirmed unauthorised implants in devices sold through Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis, with traced losses reaching up to US$93.2 million. The implant could capture a user’s 24-word recovery phrase during setup and transmit it wirelessly via eSIM and LTE. Ledger asked distributors across several Asian markets to suspend sales while investigating the supply chain, but said its own systems and direct channels showed no signs of compromise. Following earlier reports of alleged tampering with crypto wallet devices made by French firm…

South Korea has ordered the blocking of domestic access to 27 crypto websites, including KuCoin and MEXC, extending its crackdown on unregistered operators and raising concerns about existing customers’ ability to withdraw.The country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) disclosed the decisions on Oct. 13. South Korea’s communications standards regulator made them following two deliberations on Oct. 6-7, at FIU’s request.Both exchanges appear in the official list of websites covered by the decisions. FIU says foreign providers serving Korean customers face the same registration requirements as domestic businesses.The requirements include certification under Korea’s Information Security Management System (ISMS), and they consider Korean-language…

Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury company SkyAI, formerly called Sharps Technology, says it has about 80% of the cash required for a planned repurchase at $3 per share.The offer’s expected conditions include SOL closing above $100 throughout the offer period, subject to the company’s waiver rights.In its Oct. 13 SEC filing, SkyAI reported approximately 600,000 SOL retained. Its Oct. 11 announcement had reported approximately 1 million retained after recent sales of about 1 million SOL, roughly half its treasury. The disclosures give reported balances without a dated breakdown of the transactions behind them.The proposed tender, a direct repurchase from holders, would cover…