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Three-Quarters of Jurisdictions Partially or Not Compliant with VASP Sector Recommendation, Says FATF

Three-quarters of the jurisdictions surveyed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “are only partially or not compliant” with the anti-money laundering recommendation for the virtual assets sector. According to…

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South Africa’s Regulator Tightens Rules for Crypto Asset Transfers via Latest Directive

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has proposed a directive regarding crypto asset transfers. This directive follows the licensing of 75 crypto asset service providers (CASPs) by the Financial Sector Conduct…

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South Africa’s FIC Unveils Draft Directive for Travel Rule Implementation; Crypto Industry Leader Issues Warning

The South African Financial Intelligence Centre recently issued a draft directive calling crypto-asset service providers to implement the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) travel rule. However, key figures in South…

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Gemini’s Travel Rule measures reflect ‘worrying creep’ of overregulation

Gemini will be restricting its UK users to sending only to 58 virtual asset service providers that are registered under the Travel Rule starting Nov. 17. A Trezor analyst argues…

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UK’s Travel Rule comes into effect, could halt certain crypto transfers

The crypto Travel Rule, which came into effect on Sept. 1, aims to stop anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing activities carried out on-chain.

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Crypto travel rule implementation ‘remains relatively poor,’ says FATF

The United Nations body called on all member states to implement the Travel Rule “without delay” to close “loopholes” not currently protected by regulation.

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EU Parliament Greenlights Markets in Crypto Assets Law, Tracing Rules

Members of the European Parliament gave their final approval to a package of EU-wide regulations for crypto assets. The legislators also backed the introduction of mechanisms allowing the tracing of…

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Financial Superintendence of Colombia Presents Project to Regulate Crypto Service Providers

The Financial Superintendence of Colombia presented a project that seeks to bring clarity to how links between banks and virtual asset service providers (VASPs) will be handled in the future.…

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Netherlands-Based Coinbase Customers Required to Submit KYC Data When Transferring Crypto off the Platform

Coinbase has announced that the company plans to introduce a number of changes for customers in the Netherlands in order to comply with the 1977 Sanctions Act, a law that…

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