File comments against new crypto FinCEN rule, Coin Center leader urges
The crypto space needs your help to impact the outcome of the United States’ Treasury’s crypto wallet proposal. With the two-week commentary period winding down, Jerry Brito, executive director of non-profit crypto policy advocate group Coin Center, says comments could make a difference in the ultimate outcome of the self-custodied wallet ruling recently proposed by the U.S. Treasury. “Coin Center is working with folks in Congress to get some letters sent to Secretary Mnuchin requesting an extension to the rushed comment period,” Brito said in a Dec. 28 tweet, adding:“Everyone in the....
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In its latest comment, the advocacy group goes after the proposed requirement to create currency transaction reports for crypto transactions. After the U.S. Treasury Department extended the comment period for anyone to express their thoughts on a proposed crypto rule, non-profit crypto policy advocate group Coin Center has made another — and possibly final — argument to regulators.Coin Center directed its comment to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, over proposed rules that would require registered crypto exchanges in the U.S. to verify the identity of people using "an....
A big win for the crypto industry today, which was unanimous in opposition to a new anti-money laundering rule that many saw as rushed and draconian. In response to a deluge of comments, the Treasury's anti-money laundering office is slowing its roll on a rushed proposal to monitor a whole new range of cryptocurrency transactions.On Jan. 14, the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that they were extending the window on comments in response to a rule originally announced two days before Christmas and less than a month before a new administration takes over.....
Coinbase is the latest company to go public with its concerns regarding the U.S. Treasury proposal on crypto wallets. A number of players are encouraging individuals to speak out against FinCEN’s new crypto rules before comments close next week.Crypto exchange Coinbase and the foundation behind Monero are the latest firms to join in calling for crypto users to share their thoughts on the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s new rules. In a blog post today, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the proposal would represent “too big of an intrusion” on users’ privacy, stating....
The DC-based non profit believes the SEC is making a gross overreach with its new proposed definition of exchange as it would include the means of communication and not just trade. Nonprofit blockchain advocacy group Coin Center has called the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed redefinition of an “exchange” an “unconstitutional overreach.”The lobby group made the comments in a written response to the SEC’s March 18 Amendments Regarding the Definition of “Exchange”, which details changing the meaning of “exchange” from a “system that brings together the orders” of a....