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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 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 -

FinCEN Addresses Increased Fraud Involving Convertible Virtual Currency Kiosks

Perkins Coie on 8/11/2025

Key Takeaways - - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s recently issued notice, which addresses regulations and increased rates of fraud surrounding convertible virtual currency kiosks, carries significant implications...more

FinCEN Announces Anti-Money Laundering Priorities

McDermott Will & Schulte on 7/19/2021

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued its government-wide anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) priorities (AML/CFT priorities). FinCEN issued the AML/CFT...more

FinCEN Issues Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Priorities

King & Spalding on 7/8/2021

FinCEN announces eight areas of focus and advises preparation for issuance of new regulations - On June 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued the first...more

Legislative Reform Will Reinvent the US Anti-Money Laundering Regulatory Landscape

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/6/2021

New federal requirements in the annual national defense budget reauthorization effectively will end anonymous U.S. shell companies by requiring businesses to disclose 25 percent owners and control persons to a newly created...more

Rapidly Shifting Regulatory Landscape for Virtual Currencies | Market Participants: Stay Tuned

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/27/2018

As US regulators have been active in terms of virtual currency regulation, there are three important updates to which attention should be paid. The New York State DFS guidance, the FinCEN letter to Senator Wyden and the...more

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