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Marchés

Less Than 1% of FinCEN's Suspicious Activity Reports Since 2013 Mentioned Crypto

More than 70,000 crypto-related SARs had been filed with FinCEN since 2013, director Kenneth Blanco said Wednesday.

FinCEN director Kenneth Blanco

Marchés

Singapore Crypto Exchange Eyes US Expansion After Registering With FinCEN

Singapore-based Bitget has registered with the U.S. Treasury Department as a money services business, the first step to launching operations in the country.

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Juridique

Canada's Financial Crimes Watchdog Gets Ready for FATF Compliance

Canada’s financial crimes watchdog is preparing to implement its broad new virtual currency oversight powers ahead of the Financial Action Task Force’s June 2020 deadline.

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Marchés

US Financial Crimes Watchdog Preparing 'Significant' Crypto Rules, Warns Treasury Secretary Mnuchin

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said FinCEN is preparing "significant new requirements" around cryptocurrencies to tamp down illicit activity.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

Juridique

FinCEN: Social Media Companies That Tokenize Must Follow the Law

Social networks with crypto aspirations must guard their systems against criminal exploitation, said FinCEN's deputy chief.

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Marchés

Poloniex Drops KYC for Withdrawals Below $10,000 Following US Exit

The new KYC requirements come a week after Poloniex completed its U.S. exit.

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Juridique

FinCEN Sees Jump in Crypto-Related Suspicious Activity Reports

Crypto companies have filed 7,100 Suspicious Activity Reports since May, America’s anti-money-laundering chief said at a banking conference Tuesday.

FinCEN director Kenneth Blanco

Juridique

FinCEN: Stablecoin Issuers Are Money Transmitters, No Matter What

“Just because you say you are a banana doesn’t make you a banana,” said Director Blanco.

FinCEN director Kenneth Blanco

Marchés

Huobi Global Is Forcing US Customers to Use Its Local Partner

The move finalizes Huobi’s shuttering of US. accounts as as it continues to push users to its San Francisco-based partner exchange, HBUS.

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Marchés

FinCEN Director Warns of 'Hard Time' for Crypto Firms That Don't Follow Law

There is no ambiguity: crypto startups must follow U.S. AML laws or suffer the consequences, said FinCEN's Kenneth Bianco.

Chris Brummer (left) and Kenneth Blanco (Credit: CoinDesk archives)