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Weekly Blockchain Blog - December 2024 #3

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Digital Asset Companies Achieve Licenses, Launch Stablecoin Products - According to a recent press release, Anchorage Digital, a digital asset platform and infrastructure provider, announced that the New York State...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

5th Circuit reverses and remands cryptocurrency software case stating OFAC exceeded its authority

On November 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded a decision by the district court regarding the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) designation of a virtual currency mixer software...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance - April 8th, New York, NY

The 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance will address the latest developments impacting the prepaid industry and provide answers to the most pressing questions and challenges being faced by practitioners in this...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, V 4, Issue 1, June 2023

CFPB - Regulators Take Aim at AI to Protect Consumers and Workers - “In the past year, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau said it has fined banks over mismanaged automated systems that resulted in wrongful home...more

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OFAC Settles With Kraken for $362,158: Maximum Penalty Avoided

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On November 28, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a $362,158.70 settlement with Payward, Inc. d/b/a Kraken. The Delaware-incorporated virtual currency exchange allegedly...more

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Kraken Settlement Demonstrates Importance of Sanctions Monitoring for Transactions — Not Just When Onboarding Customers

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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced (here and here) yesterday that virtual currency exchange Payward, Inc. – better known as Kraken – has agreed to pay $362,158.70 in order to settle its potential civil...more

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The North Korean Crypto Threat

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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

BakerHostetler

Crypto Products and Mining Initiatives Launch; Sports and Spirits Firms Embrace Blockchain; US Agencies Seek Crypto Input, Address...

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A well-known digital currency investment services company announced the launch of its first European exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to a press release this week. The ETF, which will be traded on multiple foreign...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

OFAC Designates “Hydra” –  the Largest Darknet Market – and Third Russian Virtual Currency Exchange

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On April 5, 2022 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced sanctions against “the world’s largest and most prominent darknet market, Hydra Market” and Garantex, a virtual...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 16th Annual Flagship Conference on U.S. Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance - May 5th - 6th, Washington, DC

ACI’s Annual Flagship Conference on Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance is widely regarded as the premier conference designed for those working in global sanctions compliance, internal audits and investigations,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

In Depth: Listen to Your Regulator on Sanctions and Crypto

It should come as no surprise that the crushing sanctions imposed on Russia in recent weeks will be met with efforts to evade their impact. From Russian firms starved for U.S. dollars to oligarchs starved for that new villa...more

Wiley Rein LLP

U.S. Moves to Regulate Digital Currencies More Closely: Strongly Considers Establishing a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency

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What: On March 9, 2022 President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, and the possible creation of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) for a digital form of the country’s...more

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New York Issues Guidance on Virtual Currency Regulations and Announces Strengthening Blockchain Analytics in Response to Sanctions...

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On February 25, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Guidance to all individuals and entities subject to its regulation due to the rapidly evolving situation in Ukraine, following the Russian...more

Hogan Lovells

Global Payments Newsletter, February 2022

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Key developments of interest over the last month include: Stop Press: The international response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 includes a number of significant economic sanctions measures. See our latest...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US Treasury Provides Detailed Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry on Sanctions Compliance

On October 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued detailed guidance to the virtual currency industry, putting virtual currency companies on notice of the ways OFAC...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

OFAC Puts Virtual Currency Industry on Notice

In a new Sanctions Compliance Guide, The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury reiterates that compliance obligations apply equally to transactions involving virtual currencies and those involving...more

A&O Shearman

Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry and updated frequently asked questions

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In response to the rapid growth of virtual currencies, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently published Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry (“Guidance”)....more

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OFAC Issues Sanctions Compliance Guidance for Virtual Currency Industry

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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently issued Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry. The guidance published on October 15, 2021, outlines OFAC’s...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Treasury Department Steps Up Its Counter-Ransomware Efforts and Simultaneously Issues New Sanctions Compliance Guidance for...

Recently, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department, released a report on ransomware trends stating that during the first half of 2021, 68 different ransomware variants...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Sanctions Compliance for Crypto: OFAC Issues Guidance Targeting Virtual Currency Industry

Last Friday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published more targeted guidance for digital asset companies related to compliance with sanctions and best practices for mitigating risks. This guide comes on the heels...more

Alston & Bird

How Can Companies Use OFAC’s New Guidance on Virtual Currency?

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New guidance from the Office of Foreign Assets Control seeks to help companies in the virtual currency industry with four specific objectives. Our Financial Services & Products and International Trade & Regulatory Groups...more

Jenner & Block

4 Key Questions Answered in OFAC’s Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry

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On October 15, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued guidance to help the virtual currency industry navigate and comply with OFAC sanctions. The guidance improves...more

Perkins Coie

OFAC Releases New Detailed Guidance for the Digital Currency Industry

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On October 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released guidance on sanctions compliance for the digital currency industry, the agency’s most detailed guidance to date on...more

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Treasury Announces A More Tailored Approach to U.S. Sanctions Policy

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Yesterday, the Biden Administration released the results of a broad review of U.S. economic sanctions policy following two decades of expanding use of sanctions as a foreign policy tool. The report recognizes that U.S....more

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Cryptocurrency and OFAC: Beware of the Sanctions Risks

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A recent federal criminal action shows the depth of the U.S. government’s concern about the use of cryptocurrency (or virtual currency) to violate economic sanctions laws and the lengths to which it will go to charge such...more

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