Venezuelan Crypto Regulator Sunacrip Strengthens AML/KYC Requirements for Vir...

Venezuelan Crypto Regulator Sunacrip Strengthens AML/KYC Requirements for Vir...

Sunacrip, the Venezuelan cryptocurrency watchdog, has recently published a new set of AML/KYC requirements for VASPs (Virtual Asset Service Providers) that establishes new and updated rules about the kind of information these providers must require and share with the Venezuelan government, raising alarms in the cryptocurrency community about what the government could do with this data. Venezuelan Crypto Watchdog Sunacrip Strengthens KYC/AML Requirements for VASPs Last week, the Superintendence of Crypto Assets and Linked Activities of Venezuela (Sunacrip), quietly published a new set of....


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