EU Parliament Adopts Anti-Money Laundering Rules Package, Also Policing Crypto
The new laws set up “enhanced” due diligence and customer checks for crypto firms.
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The new laws set up “enhanced” due diligence and customer checks for crypto firms.
In a recent regulatory development, cryptocurrency payments of any size using unidentified self-custody crypto wallets are now illegal in the … Continue reading
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The Anti-Money Laundering Authority is part of a broader effort by the European Union to combat illicit fund flows, and is ready to begin work as early as Friday, officials said Thursday.
The private funding round included participation from DAO MAKER, Shima Capital, and Gate.io among other investors.
Customer due diligence requirements for crypto firms may be more stringent than for banks, policy watchers told CoinDesk.
Crypto firms have to do checks on transactions of 1000 euro or more, and the framework adds measures to mitigate risks in transfers with self-hosted wallets.
Democratic lawmakers signed on to sponsor the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act. The bill is bad for crypto in the U.S., even if it never gets through Congress.
The military-linked bill is viewed as must-pass legislation, so lawmakers sometimes try to tack on other things to get them passed, too.
THORSwap, the exchange that paused its platform last Friday following a series of trades related to the FTX hack, resumed its services on Friday with updated terms and conditions relating to users in sanctioned countries.