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Blockchain Bank Secrecy Act Enforcement Actions

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

RegFi Episode 59: Don’t Sleep on the States: Financial Regulatory, Compliance & Enforcement Trends

RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk welcome fellow Orrick partner Katy Ryan to discuss the state financial regulatory landscape. Katy provides an overview of how federal agencies and states interact in our...more

DLA Piper

Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends - August 2024

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This monthly bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Potential BSA/AML Roadmap – Crypto Exchange Bittrex Enforcement Actions

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The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) settled enforcement actions with Washington state-based Bittrex. In the two settlements, Bittrex...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Recent Enforcement Actions Indicate Heightened Scrutiny of BSA/AML Compliance and Digital Assets

Recent enforcement actions against banks indicate a new regulator emphasis on digital assets and Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance. Last year, Anchorage Digital Bank (Anchorage)—formerly Anchorage...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - August 2021

This issue discusses a variety of legal, regulatory and enforcement developments in the digital asset space in the U.S. and Europe, including expanded reporting requirements for broadly defined cryptocurrency “brokers,” a...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Cryptocurrency misappropriation, hacking, theft and fraud on target for banner year

According to one blockchain and cryptocurrency security firm, this year is on pace to be the second highest in cryptocurrency theft, hacking and fraud, with January through May 2020 already seeing $1.36 billion stolen in...more

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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Consolidates Guidance on Virtual Currencies

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The Situation: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") released interpretive guidance concerning the application of the Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA") and the anti-money laundering ("AML") regulations to certain...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Virtual Currency Guidance + Enforcement Actions = AML Regulators Are Watching

A few days before thousands of blockchain industry participants poured into New York for “Blockchain Week,” the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued guidance on virtual currencies...more

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