The House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion considered the gaps in regulatory and enforcement efforts to combat the use of crypto-currency by bad actors.
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Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reintroduced the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act. The bill would bring digital assets within the AML/CFT regulatory framework.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act, which would expand the scope of BSA regulations to subject digital assets to the AML/CFT framework governing financial institutions.
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs considered the implications of digital assets for illicit finance, terrorism, and other forms of criminal activity.
The America COMPETES Act of 2022 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would, among other things, modernize FinCEN's special-measures authority to "empower FinCEN to adapt its existing tools, monitor and obstruct global financial threats, and meet the challenges of combating 21st century crime."