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Commodities Futures Trading Commission

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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 -

Crypto Business Compliance: U.S. Licensing and Regulations

Carlton Fields on 3/4/2025

The crypto industry is evolving rapidly, and regulatory enforcement is keeping pace. Businesses engaged in crypto transactions, custody, lending, trading, or payments must navigate know your customer (KYC) and anti-money...more

Trump Administration’s Early Actions on Digital Assets

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 2/5/2025

In the early days of the second Trump administration, the federal government has signaled a full-scale change in approach to digital assets. Gary Gensler is no longer the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Shifting Sands: The Future of Offshore Regulatory Disputes (Part 1)

Conyers on 9/6/2024

As an evolving area of commercial disputes in the Cayman Islands, global enforcement trends provide us with valuable insight into the types of regulatory proceedings on the horizon for offshore jurisdictions. In this first...more

DOJ Launches Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program and Announces a New Incentive for Self-Reports

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/6/2024

On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the Program), following up on its announcement in March 2024 of a plan to offer whistleblower awards....more

The Shadow Financial System

White & Case LLP on 6/18/2024

The concept of the shadow financial system rose to international prominence in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In an interview with a Pakistani newspaper a month later, Osama bin Laden stated that Al Qaeda were...more

South Dakota Lenders on Tight Deadline for BSA/AML Compliance

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/19/2024

On January 12, South Dakota’s Division of Banking issued a mandate setting March 31, 2024 as the deadline for all South Dakota licensed money lenders and non-residential mortgage brokers to comply with their Bank Secrecy...more

The Binance Enforcement Action

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 11/30/2023

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform, has recently been hit with a staggering $4.3 billion fine for intentionally violating anti-money laundering laws and other financial regulations. This landmark...more

DeFi protocol Uniswap and investors avoid suit for fraudulent activity on digital asset exchange

A&O Shearman on 9/15/2023

On August 30, 2023, in a case of first impression, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed in full a putative securities class action against Uniswap Labs, a decentralized finance (“DeFi”)...more

[Podcast] Everything You Need to Know About NFTs in 10 Minutes or Less

BakerHostetler on 7/26/2021

Rob Musiala, a Counsel in the Digital Assets and Data Management group and the co-leader of our Blockchain Technologies and Digital Currencies team, breaks down everything you need to know about NFTs, all in 10 minutes or...more

2020 Digital Asset Regulatory Lookback (US Edition)

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/22/2021

Regulators once again offered piecemeal guidance, while focusing on risks and enforcement. Meanwhile, innovation and institutional adoption took off. Last year, Latham & Watkins sounded a hopeful note that 2020 would provide...more

Joint Statement on Digital Assets Highlights AML Regulatory Overlap

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/14/2019

Leaders of FinCEN, CFTC and SEC Attempt an Intricate Dance of Competing Oversight of Virtual Currency - On October 11, the leaders of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), the Commodity Futures Trading...more

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