With global economic alliances shifting and new threats emerging, will the U.S. maintain its dominance in an increasingly complex world?
From cryptocurrency to chips to cyberterrorist threats, the battle for global dominance...more
On FINCast Episode 38, Juan Zarate speaks with Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad to discuss the state of the crypto environment, the challenges for the future of the industry, and the prospects for regulatory...more
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
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
Since 9/11, countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) has been a focus of U.S. and international security policy, and an evolving feature of the regulatory and risk environment for authorities and the private sector. In the...more
9/19/2022
/ AML/CFT ,
Asset Freeze ,
Counter-Terrorist ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Institutions ,
Intelligence Services ,
Patriot Act ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
Terrorist Financing ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Ukraine
Stuart Levey, the first ever Under Secretary of the US Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, joins his former colleague Juan Zarate, Global Co-Managing Partner, for a one-on-one conversation about Levey’s career...more