Crypto
Follow AML/CFT regulation, enforcement, compliance and financial crime developments affecting the crypto sector. Coverage includes virtual asset service providers, cryptocurrency exchanges, stablecoin issuers, custodians, wallet providers and decentralised finance, with a focus on the Travel Rule, blockchain analytics, wallet screening, sanctions exposure, fraud and illicit use of virtual assets.
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FlowShield Research Combines Fund-Flow Tracking and LLMs for Crypto AML Detection
A new research preprint proposes a cryptocurrency anti-money laundering framework that combines transaction semantics, fund-flow reconstruction, graph learning and large language models to detect laundering…
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RUSI Maps North Korea’s Crypto-to-Fiat Laundering Vulnerabilities and Compliance Responses
A new research paper from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) examines how North Korea converts stolen virtual assets into fiat currency, highlighting the point…
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SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets With New Offering Exemptions and Safe Harbor
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a new regulatory framework for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets, creating tailored pathways for issuers to…
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U.S. Treasury Opens New GENIUS Act Rulemaking on Stablecoin Issuance
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on 17 August 2026 opened a new notice of proposed rulemaking under the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for…
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Binance Data Disclosure to Russian Authorities Raises Cross-Border Compliance Questions
Binance provided Russian investigators with customer identity documents and transaction records that were later used in a terrorism-financing case against a Russian IT specialist who…
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World Liberty Trust Receives Preliminary OCC Approval for National Trust Bank Charter
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted preliminary conditional approval to World Liberty Trust Company, N.A. for a national trust bank…
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JPMorgan Ended Polymarket Banking Relationship Amid Regulatory Concerns
JPMorgan Chase ended its direct banking relationship with prediction-market platform Polymarket in October 2025 because of regulatory concerns, according to reporting published by Reuters on…
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Orochi Network and Sumsub Partner on Privacy-Preserving Crypto Compliance in Southeast Asia
Orochi Network and Sumsub have formed a strategic partnership to support Web3 and digital-asset businesses preparing for more formal compliance requirements across Southeast Asia, with…
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Korea Revises VASP Registration Manual Ahead of August 20 AML Rules
South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) and Financial Supervisory Service have published a substantially revised registration manual for virtual asset service providers (VASPs), setting out…
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Anchorpoint Begins Phased Rollout of Regulated HKD Stablecoin HKDAP
Anchorpoint Financial has begun the first phase of the rollout of HKDAP, its Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin issued under a licence from the Hong Kong…
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