ChainCatcher news, Libertex founder Vyacheslav Taran recently died in a helicopter crash in France. At the time of the accident, he was aboard a Monaco Air H130 helicopter traveling from Lausanne, Switzerland.It is reported that Taran was a Russian crypto billionaire who had long been active in Monaco. Ukrainian sources claim that he had connections with Moscow's intelligence agencies. The Kyiv news agency UNIAN stated that Taran may have links to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and was responsible for "laundering Russian funds through a cryptocurrency operating system." (source link)

Chain Catcher news, the UK government plans to introduce the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill to combat fraud and money laundering activities to protect the UK economy. The new bill will make it easier and more effective for law enforcement agencies, such as the National Crime Agency, to seize, freeze, and recover crypto assets.It is reported that after the first reading of the new bill in the House of Commons today, a second reading is expected to take place on October 13. (The Block)