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Turkey Prepares Fresh Crypto Legislation to Escape FATF ‘Grey List’

Turkish Finance Minister noted that work related to the crypto assets regulations is the final outstanding matter in order to achieve full compliance with FATF standards. Turkey’s finance minister has revealed the country’s intentions to introduce new crypto regulations, aiming to secure removal from the Financial Action Task Force’s “grey

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Turkey aims to shed FATF ‘grey list’ status with new crypto regulations

Turkey is reportedly drafting fresh regulations to govern crypto assets in an effort to convince the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — an international organization responsible for combating financial crimes — to remove it from a “grey list” of nations that have not done enough to combat money laundering and

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Cyprus to tighten crypto regulations in accordance with FATF

One of the friendliest European jurisdictions to crypto, Cyprus, might bring its industry regulation to tighter standards. According to an Oct. 10 report by the Cyprus Mail, the local Ministry of Finance intends to amend the existing Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering Law. The ministry has presented its amendments package

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Crypto travel rule implementation ‘remains relatively poor,’ says FATF

A renewed call from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has asked countries to implement the “travel rule” to combat money laundering and terrorism financing activities enabled by cryptocurrencies.On June 23, the United Nations body — whose role is to promote strategies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing —

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Qatar’s Central Bank Didn’t Properly Enforce Its Crypto Ban, Money Laundering Watchdog FATF Says

“There are major inconsistencies between Qatar’s risk profile and the type and extent of terrorist financing activity prosecuted and convicted,” added FATF, a Paris-based global watchdog, which seeks to monitor and mitigate flows of dirty money, including through a controversial “travel rule” requiring the identification of participants in crypto transactions. Source

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Japan’s bitFlyer Implements Money Laundering Measures in Line With FATF ‘Travel Rule’

The exchange has set notification requirements for receiving and sending crypto to TRUST-compliant platforms in a list of 21 countries, which includes Japan, Israel, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, the Bahamas and Switzerland. BitFlyer further restricts transfers to complaint platforms in these countries to TRUST-compatible crypto assets such as bitcoin (BTC), ether

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FATF Did Not Require Pakistan to Ban Crypto to Stay Off Its ‘Grey List’ for Increased Monitoring

The FATF requires virtual asset service providers to implement the same preventive measures as financial institutions, including customer due diligence, record keeping and reporting of suspicious transactions, and adhere to its travel rule – which requires crypto service providers to collect and share information on transactions above a certain threshold. Source

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G-7 Countries Must Effectively Implement Travel Rule to End ‘Lawless’ Crypto Space, FATF Chief Says

"Around the globe, countries have made progress in implementing most of the standards; however, progress on implementing FATF’s updated requirements on crypto assets has been relatively poor," Kumar said, adding that 73% of countries are still "non-compliant or only partially compliant" with the watchdog's standards. Source

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