Skip to content
Regulationcrypto.news

Coinbase Ireland faces €3.25M fine over customer fund safeguards

By Lawrence Mondal

Coinbase Ireland has agreed to a €3.25 million fine over failures to protect customer funds and oversee outsourced controls, with the sanctions awaiting High Court approval. The Central Bank of Ireland announced the settlement on Oct. 22, covering breaches of…

Read Original Article

Explained in this story

Sanctions

Penalties such as trade bans, asset freezes or travel bans imposed by one or more countries on another country, group or person.

Sanctions are used to pressure governments without military action, with costs for both sides.

More about Sanctions
Central bank

The public institution that manages a country's currency, money supply and benchmark interest rate, such as the Federal Reserve or the Reserve Bank of India.

Its decisions on rates and money supply move loan costs, currencies and markets for everyone in the economy.

More about Central bank

More in Regulation

From the blog