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December 09, 2025
OCC Says Banks Can Transact In Crypto As Intermediaries
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Tuesday that banks under its oversight may buy and sell digital assets for customers as "riskless principals," clearing this broker-stye activity as an extension of established banking practices.
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December 09, 2025
Trump's CFPB Says It Can't Be Forced To Take Fed Money
The Trump administration said Monday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is not obligated to take funding from the Federal Reserve, and a D.C. federal judge can't order it to do so, pushing back against a request from the labor union challenging the agency's dismantling.
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December 09, 2025
Crypto Co. Paxful To Pay $4M For Money Laundering Failures
Paxful Holdings will pay $4 million over claims it failed to enforce anti-money laundering policies on its now-defunct, peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange that allegedly facilitated illicit transactions involving funds derived from criminal activity, including prostitution and distribution of child sex abuse material, according to a plea agreement filed Monday in California federal court.
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December 09, 2025
Ex-NY Gov. Aide 'All About The Money,' FARA Jury Hears
A Brooklyn federal prosecutor on Tuesday told jurors that a top former aide to two New York governors raked in millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for secretly working on behalf of China's government, saying she betrayed New Yorkers to enrich herself and her husband.
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December 09, 2025
OFAC Inks $1M Russian Sanctions Deal With Ex-Gov't Official
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced Tuesday that an unidentified attorney and former government official has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle allegations the individual violated Russian sanctions by acting as a fiduciary for the family trust of a blocked Russian oligarch.
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