Travel Rule

FATF meeting.
FATF Needs Entirely New Approach to Regulating Crypto, Says V20 Summit
Industry players at the Virtual Asset Service Providers Summit urged regulators to rethink their approach in light of DeFi and DEXs.
FATF meeting.

FinCEN Director Ken Blanco during a press conference in New York during his time as a U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
Why FinCEN Wants Details on All Cross-Border Transactions Over $250
At an event Monday, FinCEN staffers discussed the “why” of a new proposal that has crypto fans concerned.
FinCEN Director Ken Blanco during a press conference in New York during his time as a U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General.

South Korean National Assembly building
South Korean Crypto Firms Must Disclose Users' Identities Under Planned Law Change
South Korea's top financial watchdog wants legal changes making it mandatory for cryptocurrency firms to report the names of customers.
South Korean National Assembly building

A Standard Chartered branch in Hong Kong's business district.
Group Backed by ING Bank, Fidelity and Standard Chartered Releases Crypto AML Tools
The Travel Rule Protocol working group has published the first version of its TRP API.
A Standard Chartered branch in Hong Kong's business district.

FATF Financial Action Task Force
User Profiling Can Help Regulators Identify Illegal Crypto Activity, Says FATF
The international watchdog has recommended comparing users' age and wealth with their crypto transactions to identify possible criminal activity.
FATF Financial Action Task Force

Shyft Network co-founder Joseph Weinberg
FATF Compliance Effort Adds Huobi, Bitfinex and Tether to Governance Task Force
Shyft Network is adding Huobi, Bitfinex and Tether to its crypto-focused anti-money laundering platform as the sector ramps up FATF compliance efforts.
Shyft Network co-founder Joseph Weinberg

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Swiss Crypto Firms Say First Automated, AML-Compliant Bitcoin Transfer Completed
The new bitcoin transaction automatically complies with the FATF Travel Rule and will save intermediaries from doing it all manually.
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Tanzania (Hu Chen/Unsplash)
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)

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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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Elliptic founder and CTO James Smith (CoinDesk archives)
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)