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Add preferred source The U.S. Treasury Department on the 17th imposed sanctions on Bitbank, a cryptocurrency exchange controlled by sanctioned Iranian financier Babak Zanjani. The exchange allegedly processed safe-passage fees for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz and funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. A software development firm and…

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In a significant victory for its clients eToro USA Securities Inc. (eToro) and Alpaca Securities LLC (Alpaca), Lowenstein Sandler secured two SEC no-action letters that provide significant relief and regulatory clarity for broker-dealers and their affiliated fintech platforms.

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Anchorage Digital Bank has extended its institutional custody offering to cover Etherlink, a Tezos-based layer-2 network, along with seven assets issued on it. The expansion was announced Sept. 16 and gives the bank’s institutional clients access to a range of assets through segregated accounts at a federally chartered institution.

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QuantusNetwork has officially announced the launch of its post-quantum asset, $QTC, on the $NEAR Protocol. This launch is particularly significant as it introduces a quantum-secure, cross-chain asset that promises confidentiality from day one. The announcement was made via a tweet from $NEAR Protocol, highlighting the security advancements that $QTC represents in the evolving blockchain landscape.…

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