U.S. Treasury Department Starts Work on GENIUS, Gathering Views on Illicit Activity
The new stablecoin law called for the Treasury engagement on detecting illicit crypto activity, so the department is opening a comment period.
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U.S. Treasury Issues Crypto Tax Regime For 2025, Delays Rules for Non-Custodians
The IRS has now set up its reporting system for crypto brokers, but it set aside related rules for DeFi and unhosted wallets as it continues to study 44,000 comments to the agency.
Mexican Cartels Using BTC, ETH, USDT, Other Tokens to Buy Fentanyl Ingredients: U.S.
Criminal organizations in Mexico have been using several popular digital assets to buy the materials needed to make the drug fentanyl, according to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which cited the use of bitcoin and other tokens in a Thursday advisory.
U.S. Treasury Isn’t Trying to Ban Crypto Mixers, Top Official Says
FinCEN’s 2023 proposal to require crypto companies to report transactions that involved mixing is about transparency, not banning mixers, said Brian Nelson, U.S. Treasury undersecretary.
U.S. Treasury Says It Wants to Better Money Laundering Regulations Around Crypto, Other Illicit Finance
The U.S. Treasury Department wants to continue beefing up anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing efforts around digital assets, as part of its broader strategy to tamp down on illicit financing.
FinCEN Is Analyzing $165M in Transactions That May Tie Crypto and Hamas, Senior Official Says
U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo has campaigned Congress to provide new authorities to oversee crypto outside the U.S. (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
U.S. Lawmakers Urge Treasury to Revise Proposed Crypto Tax Rules
A letter by a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has urged the U.S. Treasury to revise its proposed digital-assets taxation regime.
U.S. Crypto Tax Proposal Lets Miners Off the Hook, Snares ‘Some’ Decentralized Exchanges
The U.S. Treasury Department has finally unveiled its definition of a “broker” for the crypto industry, defining how crypto companies and investors will need to meet tax reporting obligations and answering a years-old question over whether decentralized finance platforms and miners will need to gather their users’ personal data.
U.S. Sanctions Watchdog Alleges Russia-Linked Crypto Wallet Processed $5M
An Irish national helped wealthy Russians evade sanctions and hide money in UAE, OFAC alleged Friday.
Biden Budget Plan Would Close Crypto Tax Loss Harvesting Loophole
U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposed budget will include a provision to close tax loss harvesting on crypto transactions.