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Blockchain Analytics Platform Antinalysis Suspends Service

Source Node: https://beincrypto.com/blockchain-analytics-platform-antinalysis-suspends-service/
Time Stamp: August 16, 2021 12:50 PM - Modified On: August 16, 2021 - Published By:
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A service created to aid dark web users in uncovering compromised BTC addresses has been shut down after gaining the attention of state regulators. Sponsored Sponsored Antinalysis, a blockchain analytics tool that allows Bitcoin addresses to e checked to criminal activity has suspended operations. According to Elliptic, the tool allows cryptocurrency launderers to see if funds will be tagged as illegal funds by regulated exchanges before making a transaction.  Elliptic provides regulated cryptocurrency exchanges tools to check customers’ deposit links to any illegal or illicit activity they may be connected to.

Slow But Steady: FATF Review Highlights Crypto Exchanges’ Struggle to Meet AML Standards

Source Node: https://cointelegraph.com/news/slow-but-steady-fatf-review-highlights-crypto-exchanges-struggle-to-meet-aml-standards
Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 9:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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In June 2019, the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) introduced its revised set of standards for virtual asset service providers. The document establishes the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements that regulated VASPs —  the term mainly referring to cryptocurrency trading platforms — must eventually implement in their day-to-day operations. The guidelines are framed as recommendations, and the FATF leaves it to the participating nations’ governments to develop their own regulations in accordance with suggested principles.The watchdog has also set a 12-month review timeframe to monitor the public and