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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes by collecting, monitoring, and analyzing financial transaction data. Such data is disseminated to both domestic and international law enforcement agencies. less -

Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends – August 2025

DLA Piper on 8/21/2025

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

Blockchain Week in Review - September 2019 #3

Perkins Coie on 10/9/2019

U.S. Developments - REGULATORY - House Passes Bill to Review How Blockchain Technology Can Improve FinCEN - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill sponsored by Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) that requires the Director...more

Blockchain Week in Review - March 2019 #3

Perkins Coie on 3/22/2019

U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - SEC Chairman Clayton Explains that an Asset Can Lose Its Status of Being Labeled a Security - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chairman Jay Clayton appears to have...more

Skadden's 2019 Insights: As Interest in Blockchain Technology Grows, So Do Attempts at Guidance and Regulation

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/18/2019

In 2018, the number of blockchain-enabled projects increased sharply as established companies sought to apply distributed ledger technology to their existing business models and startups developed new and disruptive models...more

FinCEN Letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Purports to Thread Needle of Potentially Competing Jurisdictions by Regulators...

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/9/2018

As we previously have blogged, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) became one of the first regulators to wade into the regulation of cryptocurrency when it released interpretive guidance in March 2013 stating...more

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