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Signature Bank Taps Tether Rival TrueUSD for Payments Platform

CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De reacts to New York-based Signature Bank adding stablecoin TrueUSD into its blockchain-based payments platform and discusses how TUSD compares to Tether. Review of this week’s congressional hearings on crypto and looking ahead to FATF’s plenary meeting on Monday.

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Policy

Compliance Exec: Crypto Too Slow to Adopt Anti-Laundering Rules Ahead of FATF Review

Compounding matters, “each country is kind of doing its own thing, which makes compliance actually very difficult for us,” says Malcolm Wright.

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Finance

Binance Smart Chain Adds CipherTrace for Tracking Illicit Transactions

The move could open the door to more FATF-friendly DeFi in the BSC ecosystem.

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Policy

DeFi Is Not TradFi: Why FATF's Guidance Would Stifle Growth

FATF may have DeFi in its sights, but Aave general counsel Rebecca Rettig is keeping watch on the watchdog.

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Markets

Japan to Adopt FATF Travel Rule for Crypto

The FSA wants to implement the rule by April 2022.

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Policy

State of Crypto: FATF's New Guidance Takes Aim at DeFi

The Financial Action Task Force addressed DeFi and NFTs in its new proposed draft guidance, but its new definitions might be extremely broad.

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Markets

Binance Adds Former FATF Officers to Regulatory Strategy Team

The former FATF officials will help steer Binance's global regulatory strategy, the exchange said.

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Policy

Crypto Must Apply Safety Lessons of the Existing Financial System

Governments have "very little incentive" to change money laundering rules to accommodate crypto, says the long-time head of the FATF.

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Videos

South Korean Crypto Exchange OKEx to Shut Down

OKEx, one of South Korea’s largest crypto exchanges, announced it will close down due to new anti-money laundering (AML) guidelines that would make it too difficult to continue operating. “The Hash” panel breaks down what new Financial Action Task Force (FATF) draft guidelines might mean for the wider crypto world.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange OKEx Korea to Close as New AML Rules Come Into Force

An exchange spokesperson said the new anti-money laundering regime would make it too tough to continue operating.

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