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Toomey Criticizes SEC's Crypto Approach; Blockchain Advisor Role in WH; Senate Rep Seek Support

Toomey Argues Against SEC “Regulation-by-Enforcement” Approach What happened? On Tuesday of last week, Senator Patrick Toomey (R-PA) sent...

Behnam on Future of Crypto Regulation; The SEC's Curious Case; Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act

CFTC’s Behnam Argues for Legislative Clarity What happened? On Monday, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam...

Update on Stablecoin Legis; G20 Panel on Stablecoins; SEC Appears Before Subcomittee

Update on Stablecoin Legislation from HFSC What happened? In an interview last week, Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) told CoinDesk that...

FSB Statement on Crypto; Fed's Brainard Calls for Reg; Treasury Announces Framework on Int'l Eng.

Financial Stability Board Issues Statement on Regulation of “Crypto-Asset Activity” What happened? On Monday, the Financial Stability...

FATF Updates Standards; Yellen Pushes for Stablecoin Regime; Bank of England Calls for Enhanced Reg

FATF Updates Standards for Virtual Assets & VASPs What happened? Late last week, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released its...

Response to the Financial Services Regulatory Auth. of Abu Dhabi Global Market's Discussion Paper

The DeFi Education Fund submitted a comment letter last week to the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global...

EU Finalizes Major Crypto Reg. Packages; Treasury Dep. Sec. on Innovation; House Ag Crypto Hearing

EU Finalizes Landmark Crypto Bills What happened? This week, the EU came to final agreement on its “Transfer of Funds Regulation” (TFR)...

AML/CFT Part 1: Where Government Meets DeFi

There’s a lot of focus on decentralized finance (DeFi) in policy conversations these days. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill, in particular, have...

AML/CFT Part 2: Sanctions Compliance and Law Enforcement in the DeFi Ecosystem

In the last post, we debunked the common misconception that DeFi protocols are out of compliance with current laws and policies in the...

AML/CFT Part 3: Comparing Illicit Activity in Crypto and Traditional Financial Markets

Illicit financial activity is hard to measure. Even the best estimates are just that — estimates. But that doesn’t mean we can’t track...