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U.S. Treasury Says It Wants to Better Money Laundering Regulations Around Crypto, Other Illicit Finance

The Department released its 2024 strategy for addressing illicit financing on Thursday.

Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo (Consensus/ShutterStock)

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FinCEN Is Analyzing $165M in Transactions That May Tie Crypto and Hamas, Senior Official Says

Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo wrote a letter to lawmakers discussing the extent to which Hamas may be using crypto.

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)

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U.S. Lawmakers Urge Treasury to Revise Proposed Crypto Tax Rules

Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y) led a group of nine lawmakers in the effort.

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry got tied up as temporary Speaker of the House, distracting him from crypto legislation. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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U.S. Crypto Tax Proposal Lets Miners Off the Hook, Snares ‘Some’ Decentralized Exchanges

The IRS is finally proposing rules for crypto tax reporting, giving the industry its own 1099 form and declaring digital asset miners safe from the future requirements.

U.S. Treasury Building (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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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 said Friday.

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Crypto Exchange Poloniex Agrees to $7.6M Fee to Settle Sanctions Violation Charges

Poloniex allegedly did not maintain proper know-your-customer practices between 2014 and 2019.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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U.S. Sanctions 3 North Koreans for Supporting Hacking Group Known for Crypto Thefts

The three were engaged in crypto activities themselves, and the U.S. Treasury Department says they were tied to the networks of DPRK entities laundering stolen crypto or moving illicit funds for that country.

U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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TRM Labs Exec on Future of Crypto Regulation, Treasury’s Warning on DeFi

The U.S. Treasury Department is out with a new report warning that decentralized finance (DeFi) services that aren’t compliant with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules pose “the most significant current illicit finance risk” in that corner of the crypto sector. TRM Labs Head of Legal and Government Affairs Ari Redbord breaks down the Treasury Department's first analysis of hazards in the DeFi space. Plus, his outlook on the crypto regulatory framework in the U.S.

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U.S. Treasury Department Proposes 30% Excise Tax on Crypto Mining Firms

President Joe Biden unveiled his 2023 budget proposal on Thursday.

U.S. President Joe Biden (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Biden Budget Plan Would Close Crypto Tax Loss Harvesting Loophole

The U.S. President is expected to unveil his budget proposal on Thursday.

U.S. President Joe Biden (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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