On 21 March 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed Tornado Cash, a virtual currency mixer, from its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List),...more
3/25/2025
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Blockchain ,
Chevron Deference ,
Compliance ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Delisting ,
Digital Assets ,
Economic Sanctions ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
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SCOTUS ,
SDN List ,
U.S. Treasury
The United States Department of the Treasury has continued to signal that it will focus policy, regulatory, and enforcement attention on the financial crime and sanctions risk in the crypto and digital asset ecosystem...more
10/26/2022
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Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
U.S. Treasury
The Week in Review delivers information and analysis on recent developments related to sanctions against Russia and key implications for the public, private, and non-profit sectors as the United States (U.S.), the European...more
6/30/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Asset Freeze ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Canada ,
Corruption ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Human Rights ,
Japan ,
Nonprofits ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Russia ,
Sovereign Debt ,
UK ,
Ukraine ,
US Department of State
...Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces on February 24, the United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), and the European Union (EU) have led a global sanctions campaign against Russia that has been...more
5/9/2022
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Asset Freeze ,
Belarus ,
Blocking Sanctions ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Fraud ,
Global Economy ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Patriot Act ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Trade Restrictions ,
UK ,
Ukraine
The United States, the United Kingdom, and European Union have led a broad international coalition imposing a sweeping and unprecedented range of economic and financial sanctions against Russia and Belarus in response to...more
3/14/2022
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Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Belarus ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Global Market ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
SWIFT ,
UK ,
Virtual Currency