Circle has officially frozen 82 USDC addresses, with a cumulative amount of 3.2 million USDC

[Circle officially froze 82 USDC addresses, with a cumulative amount of 3.2 million USDC] On August 16, according to Tokenview data, Circle officially froze 82 USDC addresses with a total amount of 3.2 million USDC. Among them, Circle officially froze 57 USDC addresses in the first half of the year, with a total amount of 1.2985 million USDC.

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Circle CEO: It may take 1-2 years for "identity verification" technology to be in place: Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire wrote to the U.S. Treasury Department expressing his concerns about the proposed non-custodial wallet regulations. He pointed out: The blockchain industry needs time, maybe 1-2 years, to put these technologies in place. In fact, third-generation blockchain technology has recently made this possible, and smart builders are working on these solutions. This time the industry not only needs it, but it will enable industry and financial regulators to collaborate in building rules and regulatory programs.

He also said: I very much hope that the US Treasury Department can ensure that any further rulemaking in this area accepts software and protocol level solutions, and provide a safe harbor for the industry to carry out these efforts in the next 1-2 years. However, there is still a need to acknowledge the increased risk of public wallets, and U.S.-regulated financial institutions to apply an appropriate level of enhanced due diligence and blockchain transaction monitoring to entities involved in transactions. [2020/12/10 14:46:27]

News | U.S. CFTC Charges Circle Society with Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Scheme: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today charged "Circle Society" with a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. Through social media and other channels, Las Vegas-based David Gilbert Saffron is engaging the public to invest "bitcoin and dollars" into certain pools of funds that can in turn be used to trade products such as binary options and forex . The fraudulent scheme began at least December 2017 and continued through September 2019. Not only was David’s business not registered with the relevant U.S. regulators, but it also failed to connect investors to legitimate exchanges. (finance magnates) [2019/10/17]

Circle’s acquisition of Poloniex was led by IDG Capital: According to IDG Capital, on February 27, Circle officially announced the acquisition of digital asset exchange Poloniex, making it the largest acquisition in the industry so far. Circle’s financing for this acquisition was led by IDG Capital. The enhanced regulation of digital currency transactions in China and the United States shows that the importance of compliance in blockchain investment has become increasingly prominent. IDG Capital is the blockchain investor that attaches the most importance to regulatory compliance in the world. The New York State Department of Finance has only issued three Bit licenses so far, all of which were obtained by companies invested by IDG Capital—Circle, Coinbase, and Ripple. [2018/3/2]