National Compliance Officer Day: The Unsung Heroes Behind Crypto’s Legitimacy

September 26, 2023
Compliance Officers, Guardians of the Crypto Galaxy Understanding the Pivotal Role of BSA Compliance Officers in the Crypto Frontier September 26 stands as a...

UPDATE: Ukraine bitcoin market is hot, but beware of U.S. regulatory sanctions

August 15, 2022
Update – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy legalized crypto in Ukraine by signing into law a bill on virtual assets. The bill was signed into...

How cryptos can work with cannabis companies in compliance

September 3, 2021
Cryptocurrency and cannabis are both growing industries amid much legal and regulatory uncertainty. But if you want to work with cannabis companies, it is...

NFTs and AML compliance: What businesses need to understand

August 2, 2021
As the debate over non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in cryptocurrency ramps up, some businesses are wondering what their AML compliance obligations are. The cryptocurrency industry...

How to spot scammers exploiting remote cryptocurrency transactions

February 1, 2021
Consumers are increasingly transacting cryptocurrency remotely, and financial criminals are taking advantage of the trend. What does this mean for your institutional compliance? Cryptocurrency...

What businesses should do about FinCEN’s crypto wallet rule

January 18, 2021
A new proposed rule requiring cryptos to identify personal wallets has been criticized as impossible to implement. Will it happen? We don’t know. But,...

A look at how cryptocurrency is changing compliance

December 28, 2020
Cryptocurrency financial institutions have invested significant resources into complying with traditional financial regulations. But how is this new technology improving financial compliance as a...

What every crypto business should do for consumer protection

July 6, 2020
The time has come for entrepreneurs in the bitcoin and cryptocurrency space to implement robust consumer protection protocols. Here’s how. Consumer protection is an...

How Crypto Businesses Can Build A Culture Of Compliance (And, Importantly, Why They Should)

July 2, 2019
Any financial institution, including a cyptocurrency money services business (MSB) money transmitter, with a poor culture of compliance is likely to have problems with...