Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has received nearly 3 times more law enforcement inquiries in 2018 than in 2017, the exchange reported during a tweet January. 5.

According to information displayed in the tweet, in 2018 the exchange received 475 law enforcement inquiries from global government agencies, whereas in 2017 there had been only 160. Still, 2017 numbers were already significantly more than the previous year, when there have been solely 71 inquiries.

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The tweet further highlighted the prevalence of U. S. agencies among the inquiries, stating “you will see why several businesses prefer to block United States users.” The exchange reported that 315 of the 475 inquiries in 2018 came from U.S. government bodies.

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As Top Market Group reported at the beginning of Dec, Florida-based United American corp. (UnitedCorp) has supposedly filed a case against Bitmain, Bitcoin.com, Roger Ver, and Kraken.

The suit filed alleges that the defendants collectively used unfair strategies and practices to control the Bitcoin money (BCH) network for his or her profit and harm of UnitedCorp and alternative BCH stakeholders.

Also in Dec, Japanese police reported that there has been a major uptick in reports from cryptocurrency exchanges regarding suspicious transactions. The increase reports occurred once a bill came into force obliging the exchange to report such activity.

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