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

European Parliament room (Frederic Köberl/Unsplash)
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.
European Parliament room (Frederic Köberl/Unsplash)

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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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Ukraine’s Crypto Demand Soars; Russian Sanctions Tighten
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 ru...
Ukraine’s Crypto Demand Soars; Russian Sanctions Tighten

FinCEN (Shutterstock)
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.
FinCEN (Shutterstock)

An angry mob holding torches in a still from the film, 'Frankenstein,' directed by James Whale, 1931.
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 s...
An angry mob holding torches in a still from the film, 'Frankenstein,' directed by James Whale, 1931.

An early Trezor wallet (Shutterstock)
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).
An early Trezor wallet (Shutterstock)

(Yunha Lee for CoinDesk)
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.
(Yunha Lee for CoinDesk)

Trezor wallet (SatoshiLabs)
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.
Trezor wallet (SatoshiLabs)

(Andrew Stutesman/CoinDesk)
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.
(Andrew Stutesman/CoinDesk)