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OKX's Europe company—also known as OKCoin Europe, a subsidiary of crypto exchange OKX—was fined 1.05 million euros ($1.2 million) by Malta's financial watchdog on Thursday for breaching the country's money laundering rules.The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) said the company failed to assess the money laundering and financing of terrorism risks emanating from the products it offers and had violated parts of the country's Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Regulations."Regulatory compliance is a top priority for OKX, and we remain committed to meeting and exceeding global regulatory standards," OKX said in a statement.The company also said it had addressed gaps identified in its compliance framework following the authority's 2023 review. In the new notice, FIAU also commended...

Mark Walker’s Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act aims to address the mounting problem of crypto fraud.Source link

While the markets have reacted poorly to the Trump Administration’s enactment of a new series of tariffs, some analysts have considered the idea of all of this being part of a master plan to secure bitcoin at lower prices for the strategic bitcoin reserve. Analyst Examines Trump’s Tariffs as Part of a Bitcoin Master PlanSource link

The U.S. employment situation continued to roll along in strong fashion in March, adding another piece to the puzzle as the Federal Reserve contemplates the path of short-term interest rates in a world that's markedly changed in the last 48 hours.Nonfarm payrolls rose by 228,000 last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday morning. Economists had expected a gain of just 135,000 following February’s increase of 117,000 jobs (revised from an originally reported 151,000).The unemployment rate for March, however, rose a tick to 4.2% against economist consensus of 4.1% and February's 4.1%.The price of bitcoin (BTC) was little-changed in the minutes following the report at $82,600.Ahead of the jobs report, the CME FedWatch Tool — which gauges market...

Since the start of April, bitcoin (BTC) has experienced an unusual increase in conviction from both short-term and long-term holders. According to Glassnode, short-term holders—those who have held bitcoin for less than 155 days—are typically more reactive to price movements, often buying during periods of euphoria and selling during downturns. However, of late, short-term holders appear to have become value-driven buyers despite bitcoin currently sitting roughly 25% below its all-time high.Since the start of April, this group has grown by around 15,000 BTC, now holding a total of just over 3.7 million BTC. That said, since February, they have distributed approximately 280,000 BTC—likely a mix of profit-taking from the November–December rally, which followed President Donald Trump’s election win. That's in...