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
Current Situation in Iran -
A historic and powerful popular movement—led by women in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the Iranian Morality Police in mid-September—is currently unfolding in...more
12/2/2022
/ Asset Freeze ,
Asset Recovery ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Global Magnitsky Act ,
Human Rights ,
Iran ,
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (INARA) ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Protests ,
Travel Ban ,
Virtual Private Networks ,
Women's Rights
The United States Department of the Treasury has continued to signal that it will focus policy, regulatory, and enforcement attention on the financial crime and sanctions risk in the crypto and digital asset ecosystem...more
10/26/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
U.S. Treasury
The recent woman-led and -inspired demonstrations in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the country's Morality Police have garnered widespread support both in Iran and around the globe. These protests...more
10/25/2022
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Human Rights ,
Iran ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Police ,
Police Brutality ,
Police Misconduct ,
Protests ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Webinars ,
Women's Rights
Executive Summary -
The North Korean threat to the crypto ecosystem is the highest form of immediate risk to the crypto-economy driven by a regime that seeks to profit from its misuse to reinforce its regime and fuel all its...more
10/17/2022
/ Bad Actors ,
Blockchain ,
Counterfeiting ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Hacking Back ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Finance ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
North Korea ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Organized Crime ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Sustainability ,
SWIFT ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Currency
The United States, the United Kingdom, and European Union have led a broad international coalition imposing a sweeping and unprecedented range of economic and financial sanctions against Russia and Belarus in response to...more
3/14/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Belarus ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Global Market ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
SWIFT ,
UK ,
Virtual Currency
Over the past week, the Russian Federation has taken a number of aggressive steps toward Ukraine in furtherance of its ultimate invasion—steps that were immediately condemned by the international community as a blatant...more
2/28/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Economic Action Plan ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
SWIFT ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK ,
Ukraine