With Yellen confirmed, Treasury moves forward with stalled crypto monitoring ...

With Yellen confirmed, Treasury moves forward with stalled crypto monitoring ...

The Treasury has opened up the comment period for its self-hosted wallet requirements for another 60 days. The United States Treasury Department's now-infamous proposal to require information on crypto transfers from exchanges to self-hosted wallets is back in motion.Per a Tuesday announcement from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, stakeholders will have another 60 days to respond to the proposal. While a marked improvement from the 15-day comment period of the original proposal, unfortunately for the crypto industry, it doesn't look like the actual terms of the proposal....


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