On 21 March 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed Tornado Cash, a virtual currency mixer, from its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List),...more
3/25/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Blockchain ,
Chevron Deference ,
Compliance ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Delisting ,
Digital Assets ,
Economic Sanctions ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
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Risk Management ,
SCOTUS ,
SDN List ,
U.S. Treasury
On 23 January 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) repealed the infamous Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121 with the publication of the already much-lauded SAB 122. With President Donald Trump taking office on...more
Ask any centralized cryptocurrency firm to name one of their biggest priorities or challenges—and then count the number of times they mention bank partnerships. For crypto firms, the loss of, or failure to acquire, a bank...more
1/16/2025
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Blockchain ,
Compliance ,
Crypto Exchanges ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
FCC ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Governance Standards ,
Internal Controls ,
Know Your Customers ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Service Level Agreements
FATF’s latest Targeted Update Report on Implementation of the FATF Standards on VAs and VASPs stresses that many jurisdictions continue to struggle with the fundamentals of virtual asset regulation, including undertaking risk...more
7/23/2024
/ AML/CFT ,
Blockchain ,
Data Collection ,
Digital Assets ,
FATF ,
Jurisdiction ,
Money Laundering ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Workshops ,
Risk Assessment ,
Shareholders
On 17 January 2024, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on FinCEN’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on virtual currency mixers and the implications of this first-of-its-kind 311 designation on the virtual currency industry. Elizabeth...more
1/29/2024
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficiaries ,
Blockchain ,
Coinbase ,
FinCEN ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Patriot Act ,
Popular ,
Transparency ,
Virtual Currency
Join K2 Integrity Global Co-managing Partner and Chief Strategy Officer Juan Zarate and Coinbase Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance Valerie-Leila Jaber for a discussion of FinCEN’s notice of proposed rulemaking on...more
Following a two-month public consultation period, on 15 November 2023 the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published its new Virtual Currency Listing Guidance (the Guidance), in accordance with virtual...more
11/21/2023
/ Conflicts of Interest ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Governance Standards ,
Liquidity ,
NYDFS ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Retail Investors ,
Risk Assessment ,
Self-Certification ,
Stablecoins ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Virtual Currency
Summary of What Has Happened and What Is Yet to Come -
On 19 October 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), pursuant to...more
11/14/2023
/ Convertible Virtual Currencies (CVCs) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Money Laundering ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Patriot Act ,
Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Terrorist Financing ,
Transparency ,
Virtual Currency
On 07 June 2023, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on the state of cryptocurrency and digital assets in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. A discussion was held with Bryan Stirewalt, senior managing director at K2...more
6/15/2023
/ Analytics ,
Anonymity ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Asset Class ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Blockchain ,
Comptroller ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement ,
FATF ,
Financial Stability Board ,
Investors ,
OCC ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Scams ,
Settlement ,
Stablecoins
Payment scams exploiting the lure of cryptocurrency are a growing concern for individuals and businesses—losses from crypto scams increased from $907 million in 2021 to $2.57 billion in 2022. These scams typically involve...more
5/23/2023
/ Asset Recovery ,
ATMs ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Due Diligence ,
Elder Abuse ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Transactions ,
Fraud ,
Investment Schemes ,
Investors ,
Payment Systems ,
Phishing Scams ,
Police ,
Popular ,
Scams ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Social Media ,
Theft
Join our panel of experts for a one-hour session as they discuss the current state of the digital asset ecosystem, the unique challenges of anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance in the digital asset space, and...more