The Danske Bank money laundering scandal arose in 2017-2018 around €200 billion of suspicious transactions that flowed from Estonian, Russian, Latvian and other sources through the Estonia-based bank branch of Denmark-based Danske Bank from 2007 to 2015. It has been described as possibly the largest money laundering scandal ever in Europe, and as possibly the largest in world history. It includes incoming funds from Estonia (23%), Russia (23%), Latvia (12%), Cyprus (9%), UK (4%) and others (30%, more than 150 countries each of which account for a smaller part than the UK). Outgoing funds were distributed between Estonia (15%), Latvia (14%), China (7%), Switzerland (6%), Turkey (6%) and others (52%)

Корпорация Microsoft закроет облачную блокчейн-платформу Azure Blockchain Service 10 сентября 2021 года. Сервис не поддерживает развертывание новых проектов с 10 мая. Клиентами платформы являются финансовый холдинг JPMorgan, сеть кофеен Starbucks, а также авиакомпания Singapore Airlines. Пользователей попросили перенести их данные к другим провайдерам. О причинах закрытия не сообщается. В качестве альтернативы Microsoft предлагает использовать Quorum […]

China has banned financial institutions and payment companies from providing services related to cryptocurrency transactions, and warned investors against speculative crypto trading.