FATF


Policy

Where FATF Crypto Compliance Gets Interesting: Africa

Crypto businesses seeing strong growth across the 54-country continent are working hard to meet the FATF's anti-money laundering standards.

Tanzania (Hu Chen/Unsplash)

Finance

How One Firm Is Addressing the Interoperability Problem Posed by FATF's 'Travel Rule'

Crypto companies building solutions to the FATF "Travel Rule" may be creating a new interoperability problem. Netki is offering a fix.

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Policy

CoolBitX and Elliptic Team Up to Offer Crypto Firms Compliance Tools

Elliptic and CoolBitX will provide a package of their respective solutions to crypto firms such as exchanges needing to stay in compliance with regulators.

Elliptic founder and CTO James Smith (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Group Eyes 'Bulletin Board' System for FATF Compliance: Coinbase Exec

Top cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase will release a white paper detailing a way to comply with the Financial Action Task Force's "Travel Rule."

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Markets

$1.4B in 'High-Risk' Crypto Flowed Onto Exchanges in H1 2020, Analysis Firm Says

China-based blockchain analysis firm PeckShield tracked 100 million crypto addresses for its research.

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Finance

Shyft Debuts ‘Decentralized Version of SWIFT’ for FATF 'Travel Rule'

Shyft Network says 30+ exchanges are testing its blockchain-based solution to help cryptocurrency companies comply with the FATF Travel Rule.

Shyft Network co-founder Joseph Weinberg speaks at Consensus 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

BitGo Looks to Rally Exchange Clients Around FATF Travel Rule Product

BitGo has joined the pack of solution providers attempting to bring crypto in line with FATF anti-money laundering standards.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe (right) speaks at CoinDesk's Invest: NYC 2019. (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

FATF Plans to Strengthen Global Supervisory Framework for Crypto Exchanges

The international financial watchdog will meet in October to discuss creating a stronger global framework for the regulation of cryptocurrencies.

FATF Financial Action Task Force

Markets

FATF Under Germany: Expand Digital AML/CTF Efforts

Dr. Marcus Pleyer has outlined the objectives for his next two years as president of the global AML watchdog.

FATF meeting.

Policy

FATF Meets Wednesday to Discuss 'Travel Rule' for Digital Assets

The Financial Action Task Force holds its summer plenary meeting Wednesday. Here's what to expect with the anti-money laundering watchdog discussing crypto.

FATF Financial Action Task Force