US Senators Warren, Marshall Introduced Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) have introduced legislation to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorists and rogue regimes using cryptocurrencies.

According to a joint statement from the senators, the bill would extend know-your-customer requirements to wallet providers, miners, validators, and other network participants.

It would also forbid financial institutions from utilizing or engaging with transaction mixers, decentralized programs that hide transaction origins on distributed ledger networks such as Ethereum.

If the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act will apply KYC regulations to crypto players like wallet providers and miners, as well as restrict financial institutions passed from trading with digital asset mixers, tools used to conceal the origin of money.

The senators also want the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to finalize a rule requiring banks and money service businesses to report and keep records on counterparties and transactions involving unhosted digital asset wallets or wallets in jurisdictions that do not comply with anti-money laundering rules in the United States.

The bill also includes information filing requirements for offshore digital asset transactions of $10,000 or more, as well as a requirement that crypto ATMs in the United States verify customer identity and provide federal authorities with the locations and number of machines they own regularly.

Along with the development of crypto are risks for investors, so recently, lawmakers have continuously introduced policies to tighten the crimes related to this industry.

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