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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender... more +
Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency.    less -
Paul Hastings LLP

Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement Risk Still Remains for Virtual Asset Services Providers

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Despite the Trump administration’s generally favorable stance toward cryptocurrency and blockchain innovation, virtual asset services providers (VASPs) must remain vigilant in complying with anti-money laundering (AML)...more

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FinCEN Proposes New Regulation To Enhance Transparency In Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing And Combat Terrorist Financing

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Summary of What Has Happened and What Is Yet to Come - On 19 October 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), pursuant to...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - March 2022

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...Treasury Releases National Risk Assessments - The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued the 2022 National Risk Assessments (NRAs) on (1) money laundering, (2) terrorist financing, and (3) proliferation...more

Bracewell LLP

DOJ Trumpets New Multi-Faceted Cryptocurrency Task Force: What this Means for You

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In keeping with the United States government’s expanding scrutiny of cryptocurrency markets, the DOJ recently announced the creation of a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (the “NCET”). The NCET endeavors to add a...more

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