On September 8, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of Treasury (FinCEN) issued an alert warning financial institutions to be vigilant against a prominent virtual currency investment scam called “pig butchering.” U.S. law enforcement currently estimates victims in the United States have lost billions of dollars to these types of scams.
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Republican-Led House Committees Propose Framework for Crypto Regulation
By Michael Lowe, Matthew Orso & Ethan G. Ostroff on
Posted in Fintech, Regulatory
On June 1, House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and
House Committee on Agriculture Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) released a discussion draft of legislation intended to fill gaps in digital asset regulation and provide a framework that will provide the crypto industry and consumers with some much-needed certainty. The proposal includes a…