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Videos

India’s Crypto GST Plan; Australia’s Crypto Reforms

South Korea’s preparations for imposition of FATF travel rule heat up. India considers GST on crypto transactions. Australia’s Senator Andrew Bragg warns of existential threat from DAOs. More on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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Policy

European Parliament Proposes Expanding 'Travel Rule' to Every Single Crypto Transaction

Two major factions within the European Parliament propose to expand the "travel rule" to virtually every transaction of digital assets.

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Finance

Payments Giant FIS Worldpay Joins Shyft’s Crypto Compliance Network

It’s the second large, non-crypto firm to join Shyft, following law firm DLA Piper last month.

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Videos

Ukraine’s Crypto Demand Soars; Russian Sanctions Tighten

Putin’s attack triples Ukrainian crypto exchange trading volume. No sign yet of Russia using crypto to evade sanctions. South Korean businesses scramble to meet FATF travel rule. Why Australia’s desert might not be the ideal location for crypto mining.

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Policy

Crypto Heavyweights Coinbase, Fidelity and Robinhood Back US Anti-Money Laundering Group

The 18-member Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (TRUST) initiative addresses AML data sharing requirements prescribed by FinCEN.

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Opinion

Crypto Twitter’s Misdirected Furor Didn’t Fix the Travel Rule

Following a community uproar, Trezor nixed plans to integrate AOPP, an open-source protocol for proving wallet ownership. The rollback changed nothing and FATF’s travel rule still bedevils users.

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Finance

Trezor Backtracks on ‘Travel Rule’ App for Self-Hosted Crypto Wallets Amid Uproar

SatoshiLabs, Trezor's creator, scratches its planned integration of the Address Ownership Proof Protocol (AOPP).

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Layer 2

Few Crypto Firms Even Trying to Comply With FATF's ‘Travel Rule’

Two years on, FATF is getting impatient. But privacy-conscious crypto users are in no hurry to see the regulation implemented.

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Tech

Trezor Adopts Swiss Travel Rule Protocol for Private Crypto Wallets

The protocol automatically identifies an unhosted wallet when crypto is withdrawn from a Swiss exchange.

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Opinion

Crypto Firms Can't Outrun the Travel Rule

Firms need to accept their regulatory responsibilities, says the president of FATF, the global anti-money laundering watchdog.

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